E. Howard Hunt. [Source: Michael Brennan / Corbis] Convicted Watergate burglar and former CIA operative E. Howard Hunt (see 2:30…
Barbara Jordan speaking before the House Judiciary Committee. [Source: American Rhetoric (.com)] Barbara Jordan (D-TX), a member of the House…
The Justice Department’s Office of Planning and Evaluation (OPE) submits a report on the role and actions of the FBI…
Former Nixon White House aide Charles Colson, later described by reporter David Plotz as “Richard Nixon’s hard man, the ‘evil…
Former White House aides John Ehrlichman, Charles Colson, and G. Gordon Liddy, and three Cuban-Americans, including two of the convicted…
Howard Hunt during the Senate hearings. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis] Convicted Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt testifies before the Senate…
Comedian Bill Cosby, one of many on Nixon’s enemies list. [Source: Quixoticals] Former White House counsel John Dean, continuing his…
Watergate investigators find a memo addressed to John Ehrlichman detailing plans to burglarize the office of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist (see…
Washington Post headline from Dean story. [Source: Washington Post] Former White House counsel John Dean has told Watergate investigators that…
The Senate Watergate Committee begins its first day of public hearings. The hearings are televised starting May 18. [Gerald R.…
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the offices of the Washington Post. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis] Washington Post reporter Bob…
US District Court Judge W. M. Byrne, Jr dismisses all charges against “Pentagon Papers” leaker Daniel Ellsberg (see March 1971)…
White House counsel John Dean meets with President Nixon to discuss his upcoming testimony before the Watergate grand jury (see…
White House aide John Ehrlichman presents the results of his “independent investigation” of Watergate (see March 27, 1973) to President…
Jeb Magruder testifies before Watergate investigators. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis] Former CREEP deputy director Jeb Magruder testifies in private to…
James McCord demonstrates a bugging device during his testimony. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis] Convicted Watergate burglar James McCord testifies behind…
Virgilio Gonzalez, Frank Sturgis, former attorney Henry Rothblatt, Bernard Barker, and Eugenio Martinez, photographed during the trial. [Source: Wally McNamee…
The Senate hearings for L. Patrick Gray’s nomination as FBI director (see February 28-29, 1973) become ever more contentious after…
White House counsel John Dean warns President Nixon of a “cancer on the presidency.” When this phrase enters the public…
President Nixon and White House counsel John Dean discuss several topics surrounding the Watergate investigation. The conversation is secretly recorded.…
Following on the five guilty pleas of their fellow defendants (see January 8-11, 1973), the final two Watergate defendants, G.…
Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward once again meets with his FBI background source, W. Mark Felt—known around the Post offices…
Hugh Sloan. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis]Former Nixon campaign treasurer Htifies during the trial of the “Watergate Seven” (see January 8-11,…
During the trial of Watergate burglars G. Gordon Liddy and James McCord (see January 8-11, 1973), the court goes into…
During the trial of the “Watergate Seven” (see January 8-11, 1973), unbeknownst to the press, the prosecution, or Judge John…
After the press reports that the Watergate burglars will receive cash payments in return for their guilty pleas and their…
E. Howard Hunt, the leader of the seven Watergate burglars (see 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972) currently on trial, tells fellow…
A confident G. Gordon Liddy leaves the courtroom. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis] The trial of the seven men accusing of…
While awaiting trial, Watergate burglar James McCord (see June 19, 1972) tells his fellow burglars that he is going to…
Acting FBI director L. Patrick Gray burns key documents in the Watergate case. He has had the documents, originally kept…
White House secretary Kathleen Chenow (see June 28-July 3, 1972) confirms the existence of the “Plumbers,” the extralegal operation tasked…
Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Robert Meyers interview Donald Segretti, a Nixon campaign operative (see June 27, 1971, and…
Clark MacGregor, the head of the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP), admits to the existence of a CREEP cash…
FBI agents are now convinced that the Watergate break-in (see 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972) is one example of actions conducted…
Around 2 a.m., Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward meets his FBI source, W. Mark Felt (popularly called “Deep Throat”—see May…
Carl Bernstein, Katherine Graham, and Bob Woodward discuss the newspaper’s Watergate coverage. [Source: Southern Methodist University] The Washington Post reports…
Hugh Sloan. [Source: Washington Post] The former treasurer for the Campaign to Re-elect the President (CREEP), Hugh Sloan, tells Washington…
Disappointed that the Watergate burglary indictments do not extend further than the five burglars and their two handlers (see 2:30…
Accused Watergate burglar Bernard Barker after being arraigned in June 1972. [Source: Wally McNamee / Corbis] The first indictments against…
Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein interviews a reluctant source, a bookkeeper for the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP). In…
The FBI finds another electronic surveillance device—a “bug”—on the telephone of Spencer Oliver, an official with the Democratic National Committee.…
President Nixon responds to the report by the General Accounting Office (GAO) alleging possible illegal campaign finances in his re-election…
Clark MacGregor, the new head of the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP), meets with a select group of White…
After a tirade about how humiliated and angry he was when he was investigated and audited by the IRS, President…
White House counsel John Dean reports that the Watergate grand jury will hand down seven indictments—the five Watergate burglars and…
Herbert L. “Bart” Porter, the director of scheduling for the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP) (see May 1971), learns…
Herbert L. “Bart” Porter, the director of scheduling for the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP) (see May 1971), gives…
The New York Times publishes an article alleging that Watergate burglar Bernard Barker (see 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972) made at…
Watergate surveillance man Alfred Baldwin (see May 29, 1972) confesses to his role in the electronic eavesdropping on Democrats in…
Squad 19’s plan to disrupt the Miami DNC Convention entailed planting a number of agent provocateurs both inside and outside…