| 1975-02-21 | Nixon Top Aides Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Mitchell Sentenced to Prison for Watergate Cover-up
3 src H.R. Haldeman · John Ehrlichman · John N. Mitchell · John Sirica | | confirmed |
| 1974-09-08 | Ford Issues Full Pardon to Nixon for All Watergate Crimes, Ensures No Criminal Accountability
3 src Gerald Ford · Richard Nixon | | confirmed |
| 1974-08-09 | Richard Nixon Becomes First U.S. President to Resign, Gerald Ford Sworn In as 38th President
3 src Richard Nixon · Gerald Ford · Spiro Agnew | | confirmed |
| 1974-08-05 | Nixon Releases Smoking Gun Tape Under Supreme Court Order, Political Support Collapses Completely
3 src Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · House Judiciary Committee · Republican Party | | confirmed |
| 1974-07-27 | House Judiciary Committee Approves Three Articles of Impeachment Against President Nixon
3 src House Judiciary Committee · Peter Rodino · Robert McClory · Richard Nixon | | confirmed |
| 1974-07-24 | Supreme Court Rules 8-0 in United States v. Nixon: President Must Surrender Tapes
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Warren Burger · Richard Nixon · Leon Jaworski · +3 | | confirmed |
| 1974-06-21 | Chuck Colson Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice in Ellsberg Case, Serves Seven Months
3 src Chuck Colson · Daniel Ellsberg · E. Howard Hunt · John Ehrlichman | | confirmed |
| 1974-06-01 | Nixon Executive-Privilege Theory (1973-74) Establishes Doctrinal Infrastructure Cited by Every Subsequent Presidency
3 src Richard Nixon · Archibald Cox · Leon Jaworski · John Dean · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 1973-11-01 | Leon Jaworski Appointed as Special Prosecutor to Replace Fired Archibald Cox
3 src Leon Jaworski · Robert Bork · Richard Nixon · Archibald Cox | | confirmed |
| 1973-10-20 | Saturday Night Massacre: Nixon Fires Special Prosecutor Cox, Richardson and Ruckelshaus Resign in Protest
3 src Richard Nixon · Archibald Cox · Elliot Richardson · William Ruckelshaus · +2 | | confirmed |
| 1973-07-16 | Alexander Butterfield Reveals Nixon White House Secret Taping System in Bombshell Testimony
3 src Alexander Butterfield · Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · Donald Sanders · +2 | | confirmed |
| 1973-07-16 | Butterfield Reveals White House Taping System: Nixon's Executive-Privilege Refusals Trigger Defining Separation-of-Powers Crisis
2 src Alexander Butterfield · Richard Nixon · Sam Ervin · Fred Thompson · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1973-06-25 | John Dean Testifies to Senate Watergate Committee: "Cancer Growing on the Presidency"
6 src John Dean · Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · John Ehrlichman · +2 | | confirmed |
| 1973-05-17 | Senate Watergate Committee Begins Televised Hearings, Exposing Presidential Crimes to Public
3 src Sam Ervin · Howard Baker · Senate Watergate Committee · Richard Nixon | | confirmed |
| 1973-05-09 | Acting DCI Schlesinger Orders CIA "Family Jewels" Internal Inventory of Illegal Activities
3 src James R. Schlesinger · William Colby · Central Intelligence Agency · Richard Helms | | confirmed |
| 1973-03-19 | Judge Sirica Uses Maximum Sentences to Break Watergate Cover-up, McCord Writes Explosive Letter
3 src John Sirica · James W. McCord Jr. · G. Gordon Liddy · John Dean · +1 | | confirmed |
| 1973-01-30 | G. Gordon Liddy and James McCord Convicted in Watergate Burglary Trial, Five Others Plead Guilty
3 src G. Gordon Liddy · James W. McCord Jr. · Bernard Barker · Virgilio Gonzalez · +4 | | confirmed |
| 1972-09-01 | CREEP Dirty Tricks Campaign Exposed: Segretti Orchestrates Political Sabotage Including Canuck Letter
7 src Donald Segretti · Dwight L. Chapin · Ken W. Clawson · Herbert Kalmbach · +2 | | confirmed |
| 1972-06-23 | Smoking Gun Tape: Nixon Orders CIA to Block FBI Watergate Investigation
3 src Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · Vernon Walters · L. Patrick Gray · +2 | | confirmed |
| 1972-06-17 | Five Burglars Arrested Breaking into Democratic National Committee Headquarters at Watergate Complex
3 src James W. McCord Jr. · E. Howard Hunt · G. Gordon Liddy · Bernard Barker · +3 | | confirmed |
| 1971-09-04 | Nixon White House Enemies List Drafted by Dean, Weaponizing Federal Agencies Against Political Opponents
3 src Richard Nixon · John Dean · Charles Colson · H. R. Haldeman · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1971-09-03 | White House Plumbers Break Into Daniel Ellsberg Psychiatrist Office Seeking Pentagon Papers Dirt
3 src E. Howard Hunt · G. Gordon Liddy · Chuck Colson · John Ehrlichman · +3 | | confirmed |