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Five men are arrested while trying to bug the Democratic National Committee’s
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The Washington Post reported that a $25,000 check intended for Nixon’s 1972 reelection campaign was deposited in the bank account of one of the Watergate burglars
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The Post reports the FBI had concluded the Watergate break-in was part of a broader spying effort connected to Nixon’s campaign
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The trial for the Watergate break-in begins
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G. Gordon Liddy, a former Nixon aide, and James McCord, a one-time Nixon aide and former CIA are convicted for their role in spearheading the Watergate break in.
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The scandal reaches the White House, as senior White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman resign over Watergate
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Attorney General Elliot Richardson appoints Archibald Cox as special prosecutor to lead the investigation into Nixon’s reelection campaign and Watergate.