On the night of June 17, 1972, a security guard in the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC called the police when he found a door repeatedly taped open. The police discovered five men dressed in business suits who were in the process of installing bugs and photographing documents in the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Thus began the most explosive scandal in American history – a scandal that brought down the Presidency of Richard M. Nixon and sent over 40 people to jail.
The Watergate arrests lead to a vast coverup; but after Nixon’s landslide re-election, the coverup starts to unravel.
As the coverup cracks, White House counsel John Dean turns on Nixon, a Senate committee is formed, and a special prosecutor is appointed.
The Senate Watergate Committee and the Watergate Special Prosecutor confront Nixon in a deepening Constitutional crisis.
The Saturday Night Massacre prompts impeachment proceedings and a Supreme Court confrontation.
Impeachment votes, Supreme Court rulings, and further revelations seal Richard Nixon’s fate.
