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[[Image:NixonFarewell.jpg|left|thumb|275px|President Nixon delivers his Farewell Remarks to the White House Staff in the East Room, with his family looking on, 08/09/74]] The Congressional hearings revealed Nixon had tape recorded conversations and telephone calls in his office. These recordings reveal that Nixon's role in the cover-up began as early as six days after the break-in. The tapes also reveal an immense scope of crimes and abuses that predate the Watergate break-in.  These include campaign fraud, political espionage and sabotage, illegal break-ins, improper tax audits, illegal wiretapping on a massive scale, and a secret slush fund laundered in Mexico to pay those who conducted these operations.  

[[Image:NixonFarewell.jpg|left|thumb|275px|President Nixon delivers his Farewell Remarks to the White House Staff in the East Room, with his family looking on, 08/09/74]] The Congressional hearings revealed Nixon had tape recorded conversations and telephone calls in his office. These recordings reveal that Nixon's role in the cover-up began as early as six days after the break-in. The tapes also reveal an immense scope of crimes and abuses that predate the Watergate break-in.  These include campaign fraud, political espionage and sabotage, illegal break-ins, improper tax audits, illegal wiretapping on a massive scale, and a secret slush fund laundered in Mexico to pay those who conducted these operations.  

Nixon ordered the FBI to locate [[Bernadine Dohrn]] and [[William Ayers]] who had bombed the [[United States Capitol]], the [[Pentagon]], and the [[United States Department of State]]. Deputy FBI Director [[Mark Felt]], who became a turncoat known as "Deepthroat", authorized an illegal break-in of Dohrn's sister, Jennifet Dohrn's apartment seeking information on the fugitives whereabouts. Ayers and Dohrn year later mentored and boasted the career of a future President, [[Barack Hussein Obama]].

Nixon ordered the FBI to locate [[Bernadine Dohrn]] and [[William Ayers]] who had bombed the [[United States Capitol]], the [[Pentagon]], and the [[United States Department of State]]. Deputy FBI Director [[Mark Felt]], who became a turncoat known as "Deepthroat", authorized an illegal break-in of Dohrn's sisters' apartment, Jennifet Dohrn, seeking information on the fugitives whereabouts. Ayers and Dohrn years later mentored and boosted the career of a future President, [[Barack Hussein Obama]].

The president, citing [[Executive Privilege]], refused to turn the tapes over to the committee.  In October 1973 Nixon ordered Elliot Richardson, the attorney general, to fire Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor who had subpoenaed the tapes, but Richardson resigned in protest. Richardson's assistant, William Ruckelshaus, also refused to fire Cox and was fired by Nixon. Finally, Solicitor General Robert Bork fired Cox. The incident, which was trumped in the press as the "Saturday Night Massacre", led to widespread calls for Nixon's impeachment.

The president, citing [[Executive Privilege]], refused to turn the tapes over to the committee.  In October 1973 Nixon ordered Elliot Richardson, the attorney general, to fire Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor who had subpoenaed the tapes, but Richardson resigned in protest. Richardson's assistant, William Ruckelshaus, also refused to fire Cox and was fired by Nixon. Finally, Solicitor General Robert Bork fired Cox. The incident, which was trumped in the press as the "Saturday Night Massacre", led to widespread calls for Nixon's impeachment.