Segretti tells the Senate Committee that he regularly reported to Chapin, his assumed boss, about his election related activities. This contradicts Chapin’s testimony that he rarely spoke to Segretti.

Vice-President Spiro Agnew resigns.

The US Court of Appeals upholds Sirica’s order. Nixon must turn over the tapes by October 19 or file an appeal to the US Supreme Court.

Haig and Buzhardt tell Richardson the President will prepare transcripts of the tapes to turn over, but will not give up the tapes themselves. Once that happens, Cox needed to be fired. Haig also tells Richardson if this brings the matter to an end, Cox can keep his job. Richardson tells his new deputy William Ruckelshaus, fresh from his short stint at the FBI, that they have another big problem.

Cox announces guilty pleas from three US companies involved in making illegal campaign contributions to Nixon’s reelection bid.

Dean’s plea agreement is worked out.

The Miami Herald reports that Nixon’s friend BeBe Rebozo is under investigation for dealings related to a campaign contribution from Howard Hughes.

After reviewing the stipulations from the White House lawyers, Cox knows trouble lies ahead. When his rejection reaches the White House, Richardson is summoned by Nixon and assumes it will be for the last time.

That evening, Cox receives word the White House is no longer interested in negotiating with his office. The White House also notifies Richardson that Nixon is accepting the Stennis Proposal and the special prosecutor should make no further requests for tapes or notes of Presidential conversations. Richardson reads the letter to Cox and says he does not support it.

At a press conference, Cox says he has no intention of resigning and will continue to use the legal system to obtain Nixon’s tapes. The press is sympathetic to his plight as he’s viewed as one man standing up to the President of the United States.

FBI Agent Lano is sent to the special prosecutors office to secure it and is met by many of the lawyers working there. They were not fired by Nixon so they were attempting to carry on their work.

Sirica receives the formal Stennis Proposal from the White House and finds it inadequate.

Twenty two separate bills calling for an impeachment investigation are introduced to the House.

When court begins, everyone is shocked when the President’s team announces he will turn over the tapes.

After dealing with the firestorm of the “Saturday Night Massacre”, Nixon agrees to appoint another special prosecutor. He says he does expects the new prosecutor will find the compromise of the tape transcripts and summaries sufficient.

In a private meeting, Buzhardt tells Jaworski two of the nine tapes cannot be located. Sirica says they’ll have to admit that in court the next day.

Felt/Deep Throat tells Woodward that portions of Nixon’s tapes have been intentionally erased. Woodard receives confirmation from other sources, but Ron Ziegler says no tapes have been erased.

Segretti pleads guilty to distributing false campaign material. He’s eventually sentenced to six months in prison.

Beginning with editorial writer Joe Alsop, numerous newspapers and magazines around the country begin to call for Nixon’s resignation.

Haig carries the lawyers message to Nixon, but Nixon says he will not resign nor will he meet with his lawyers. Garment begins to pull away from the case entirely.

Buzhardt testifies before Judge Sirica about when he became aware of the tapes and the lack of a Dictabelt of Nixon’s recollections.

Buzhardt begins listening to the tapes before they are turned over the Sirica. His intention is to assess how damaging they are and which sections the President can claim executive privilege. They were told previously one of the tapes has a five minute erasure, but, in fact, it is eighteen minutes and fifteen seconds long.

Buzhardt and Powers listen to the tape of September 30, 1972. It confirms what Dean had said regarding the President praising his work. Other remarks concern the President’s threats against the Washington Post. Most disturbing are comments regarding the lack of IRS cooperation in giving Dean damaging information on a Democratic campaign contributor. Nixon says he’ll fire the Treasury Secretary if they don’t come around saying “It was a goddamn favor to him to get the job.” Buzhardt knows this conversation is likely an impeachable offense.

Nixon speaking to a large gathering of newspaper editors announces, “In all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I am not a crook.”

Tapes from conversations on June 20, 1972 are delivered to Sirica. Jill Volner interrogates Rose Mary Woods for three days about her handling of the tapes, specifically how the 18 1/2 minute gap was created. Woods tells her she must have accidentally pressed the record button while answering a phone call. The physical dexterity it would have taken for her to pull that move off is called into question. The White House releases a photo, inspiring the name “The Rose Mary Stretch”, depicting her doing what she claimed. Even still, it only accounts for less than a third of the erasure. It is the opinion of most involved that Nixon asked Woods to delete it, but no evidence ever solves the mystery.

Ziegler, at Nixon’s request, undercuts his lawyers actions to the press. When confronted, Nixon tells Buzhardt that Ziegler acted on his own.