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9. Nixon's Watergate "smoking gun" tape released

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 11:50 AM

16 hrs ago

CBS News
Aug 5, 2023

On Aug. 5, 1974, President Richard Nixon released tapes related to the Watergate break-in following a Supreme Court ruling in the case, United States v. Nixon. One of the tapes, now known as the "smoking gun" tape, was a conversation between Nixon and his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, that proved Nixon tried to cover up the break-in. "CBS Evening News" covered the breaking news on Aug. 5, 1974.

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Hey J.D.! About Nixon being a Nothingburger, care to debate [View all] no_hypocrisy 18 hrs ago OP

JD accused the "Deep State"?? kentuck 18 hrs ago #1

What was Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre? struggle4progress 16 hrs ago #10

I guess he assumes that most of the people PatSeg 18 hrs ago #2

"I am not a crook" NBachers 17 hrs ago #3

Missing White House Tapes struggle4progress 16 hrs ago #8

Deep State took him down??...his own republican party did. spanone 17 hrs ago #4

Nixon's Watergate "smoking gun" tape released struggle4progress 16 hrs ago #9

;-{) THIS Goonch 17 hrs ago #5

Vance wasn't even born in 1972. greatauntoftriplets 16 hrs ago #6

"I accidentally maintained this pose for over 18 minutes!" struggle4progress 16 hrs ago #7

So... what your administration did was WAY BIGGER than what Nixon did RainCaster 15 hrs ago #11

To Be Fair... ProfessorGAC 15 hrs ago #12

To be fair . . . . no_hypocrisy 15 hrs ago #13