
Men very close to the President were implicated, and then Richard Nixon himself.

Following lead after lead, Woodward and Bernstein picked up a trail of money, conspiracy and high-level pressure that ultimately led to the doors of the Oval Office. They soon learned this was no ordinary burglary.

It began with a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington DC, on 17 June 1972.īob Woodward, a journalist for the Washington Post, was called into the office on a Saturday morning to cover the story.Ĭarl Bernstein, a political reporter on the Post, was also assigned.
