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The Watergate Trial Conversations are excerpted Nixon White House tape conversations that were played in open court in U.S. v. Mitchell, et al. and U.S. v. Connally. The segments are a portion of the approximately 60 hours of tape subpoenaed by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF).
Watergate Burglars Trial and Conviction. On January 8, 1973, the Watergate Break-in trial began before John J. Sirica, chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Of the seven defendants, Hunt and the four Cuban nationals pleaded guilty at the trial’s outset. McCord and Liddy chose to stand trial.
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- January 1969. Richard Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th president of the United States.
- February 1971. Richard Nixon orders the installation of a secret taping system that records all conversations in the Oval Office, his Executive Office Building office, and his Camp David office and on selected telephones in these locations.
- June 13, 1971. The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers, the Defense Department's secret history of the Vietnam War. The Washington Post will begin publishing the papers later in the week.
- 1971. Nixon and his staff recruit a team of ex-FBI and CIA operatives, later referred to as “the Plumbers” to investigate the leaked publication of the Pentagon Papers.
Jun 13, 2022 · About 12:30 a.m., security guard Frank Wills notices masking tape holding a door latch open between the parking garage and a stairwell at D.C.’s Watergate hotel and office complex. He removes it ...
Jun 17, 2022 · June 20, 1972: President Richard Nixon and aide H.R. Haldeman discuss Watergate. Later, prosecutors find an 18-minute gap in tape of that conversation. Sept. 15, 1972: Seven men, including two former White House aides, are indicted in the Watergate break-in. Jan. 11-30, 1973: Five of the men plead guilty to conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping.
Jun 29, 2021 · He's written several books about past American presidents in times of crisis. His new book draws extensively on secret recordings of President Richard Nixon's White House for a look at a critical ...
Watergate Investigation. Post-Presidential Legal and Custodial History. Finding Aids. Tape Subject Logs. Transcripts and Audio of Select Conversations. Searching the Logs. Complete Finding Aid. Online Listening. Generally conversations from July 1972 - July 1973, excluding Cabinet Room conversations are online. Those tapes include:
