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A look at the constitutional crisis that resulted in President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.
2018
President Richard Nixon is reelected in 1972, but attacks from the media and the antiwar movement goad him to take the dark path to the Watergate burglary.
The arrests lead to a cover-up, but it starts to unravel after Nixon's landslide re-election.
As the cover-up 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.
