Nixon records show aides tried to save his presidency by demonizing Watergate investigator

WASHINGTON — With an air of desperation, a hunkered down White House hatched a plan to save Richard Nixon’s presidency as the Watergate crisis began to consume it: Demonize the prosecutor in the eyes of lawmakers and the people.

Release of tapes, papers from Watergate days shows Nixon White House in crisis

WASHINGTON — When the Watergate scandal grew into a full-bore crisis unraveling Richard Nixon’s presidency, aides hatched a “game plan” to save him. The idea: Convince lawmakers that the Watergate prosecutor was a zealot holding a “pistol to the head” of the president.

New window opens on Nixon presidency with release of tapes from early Watergate days

WASHINGTON — Fateful moments from the Watergate scandal that destroyed Richard Nixon’s presidency are brought to light in a new collection of papers and tape recordings from that time.