They're going to be talking about the idea of asking the CIA - deputy CIA Director Walters to tell the FBI, tell a man named Pat Gray, to end the Watergate investigation. Jill, as many of our viewers know, the most damning audio from the Watergate tapes is known as the Smoking Gun tape.Īnd, in this audio, you will hear President Nixon speaking with his then-Chief of Staff H.R. To compare and contrast that with today, I'm joined by Jill Wine-Banks, who was one of the prosecutors in the Watergate investigation of President Nixon, and Stuart Streichler, who teaches law and politics at the University of Washington. He pledged that he had no role in the break-in,and the American public was split over it, until news of the Watergate tapes.Īfter that, Nixon's approval plummeted and key Republicans broke with him. In early 1973, President Nixon faced congressional and criminal investigations related to the Watergate break-in. LISA DESJARDINS: It's hard to miss some broad similarities with today.
The Watergate tapes included audio of Nixon working to cover up the Watergate break in connected to his campaign and became a point of no return for him as he slid to political downfall.īut what is their legacy and the heated politics of today? AMNA NAWAZ: Today marks an anniversary that some see as a pivot point in the American presidency.Įxactly 50 years ago, a White House aide revealed that then-President Nixon's conversations had been taped.
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