Video: 'Watergate: The 18 ½ Minute Gap and Haldeman's Notes'

(Wednesday, November 21, 1973; during the Watergate scandal) — U.S. President Richard Nixon’s attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, today revealed the existence of an 18-1/2-minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to Watergate. It appears in a recording made on June 20, 1972, as Nixon discussed the break-in at the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate complex for the first time with his chief of staff, H. R. Haldeman.

Video: 'The Presidents: Nixon' (Nov. 21, 1973, at 2:29:59)