All the President's Men Scene 20 Summary

  • At night, Bernstein tells Woodward he got a tip from Alex Shipley, the ADA of Tennessee.
  • Allegedly Shipley's friend Donald Segretti were recruited to sabotage Democratic candidates.
  • Woodward and Bernstein find travel records for Segretti, which make it look like he traveled all over as part of this sabotage campaign.
  • Bernstein visits Segretti to get him to go on the record.
  • As they talk, Segretti starts to cry because he'll probably go to jail. Somebody get this guy some cheese to go with his whine.
  • Segretti got the job from Dwight Chapin, and Segretti says he and Dwight were just doing what they were told.
  • Bernstein wants to know, "Told by who?"