Nixon’s personal secretary tells federal court she accidentally caused part of gap in key Watergate tape 40 years ago today (1973)

1970s, U.S. Presidents, Watergate


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(Monday, November 26, 1973; during the Watergate scandal) — U.S. President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court today that she’d accidentally caused part of the 18-1/2-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.