U.S. v. Nixon: Resources

Access in a click what the Watergate Committee had to dig for. About 3000 hours of the declassified Nixon tapes. No subpoena needed.

A rundown of the Watergate scandal at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.

Home of crack reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, The Washington Post published a handy timeline of its coverage of Watergate, with links to all its articles. There were a lot.

Chief of Staff Alexander Haig suggested that some "sinister force" may have been responsible for the mysterious 18 ½- minute gap in the tape of the Nixon-Haldeman meetings. This was by far not the weirdest thing Haig ever said or did.

This is Oliver Stone's film about Nixon's turbulent presidency. (Be sure to watch the Director's Cut.)

Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman star as The Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein, who investigated the Watergate scandal and became household names in the '70s.

A documentary recalling the Watergate Hearings with actual archived footage.

A dramatization of the famous 1977 TV interviews between British rock-star journalist David Frost and Richard Nixon.

The Nixon tapes continue to be released, showing the Prez freaking out about Watergate.

In 1983, Nixon met with a former aide to reflect on the events leading to his resignation. In 2014, Nixon's Presidential Library released those tapes.

Forty years later, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward reflect on their reporting of the Watergate scandal. Disclaimer: they're not as good-looking as Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.

In this 2012 article, even Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are shocked by what they learned about the extent of Nixon's dirty tricks.

The Watergate scandal got a ton of ink from all major print publications. CNN reviews the series of articles that appeared in TIME magazine in the 1970s. We can only imagine what the coverage would have been like if the internet was around in those days.

The New York Times announces Nixon's resignation.

Nixon announces his intention to resign from the presidency.

President Nixon's last speech at the White House.

At a televised press conference, Nixon denies any involvement in a Watergate cover-up.

British journalist David Frost gets Nixon to admit wrongdoing (well, kinda) in a series of television interviews in 1977.

University of California Political Science Professor Peter Irons discusses U.S. v. Nixon.

If you have three hours to spare, these are the actual oral arguments for the case.

Here's where it all went down.

Mug shots of the Watergate burglars

H.R. Haldeman, at this time Nixon's former chief of staff, is sworn into the Watergate Committee to be questioned about the break-in (and not his haircut).

Nixon leaves the White House after his resignation.

A political cartoon of President Ford's pardon of President Nixon.

Here's G. Gordon Liddy in a characteristically provocative pose. Can't say the guy didn't have fun.