Explore the Watergate scandal as a searchable chronology
The archive follows the scandal from the Pentagon Papers and creation of the White House Plumbers through the 17 June 1972 Watergate break-in and the widening investigation into campaign intelligence, political financing, obstruction of justice and abuse of presidential power.
Records also cover figures including Richard Nixon, John Dean, H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, John Mitchell, E. Howard Hunt, G. Gordon Liddy, James McCord, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and Mark Felt, together with the Senate hearings, the White House recording system, the Saturday Night Massacre, Supreme Court litigation, impeachment proceedings, resignation and subsequent trials. Use the filters below to isolate people, events, places, years and political categories.