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DOJ reviews Watergate prosecutor

News · Heat 3.0 / 10 · 3 shows · 11m airtime

The Wall Street Journal reported on October 2 that the Trump DOJ is reviewing whether the special counsel who prosecuted Nixon's Watergate case committed misconduct, with the Office of Professional Responsibility examining whether prosecutors violated defendants' due process rights. The discussion recounts the Saturday Night Massacre, the 18.5-minute tape gap, and Republican claims from figures like J.D. Vance and Riley Moore that Nixon was framed. What remains open is whether the review produces findings or functions as a historical revision.

How 3 podcasts covered it

  1. WSJ What's News, 2026-10-01 (1:10 to 4:47)
    Breaks the Watergate review news
    Breaks the news that DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility is reviewing the Watergate prosecution, then widens to conservative Nixon revisionism: Shepard's 78-page deck, Trump's questions about the resignation, and Vance's Nixon Foundation remarks.
    New angle: DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility is reviewing whether Watergate prosecutors violated defendants' due process rights.
  2. Lovett or Leave It, 2026-10-02 (8:23 to 12:17)
    Reports the DOJ Watergate review
    Opens on a Wall Street Journal report that the Trump DOJ is reviewing the Watergate special counsel for misconduct, then walks the Saturday Night Massacre and the 18.5-minute tape gap while playing clips of Republicans calling Nixon framed.
    New angle: The Trump DOJ is reviewing whether Nixon's Watergate special counsel committed misconduct.
  3. Today, Explained, 2026-10-28 (2:27 to 3:55)
    Explains the Nixon revival among conservatives
    Brings in a historian to explain the Nixon revival: why young conservatives treat Nixon as a martyr brought down by the liberal establishment, and how questioning Watergate lets them cast doubt on future scandals. Context and framing for the DOJ review, not a development in it.
  4. Today, Explained, 2026-10-28 (7:30 to 9:19)
    Recaps the collapse and falling approval
    Koncewicz walks through the collapse: the cover-up and abuses of power, Nixon's approval falling to 25 percent, and a Congress pushed toward impeachment he could not survive. Background that sets up the revisionism debate rather than adding to it.
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