I served as an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, and I have been frequently struck by the similarities between the investigations of Presidents Nixon and Trump. Both involved property theft from the Democratic National Committee and resulted in the criminal convictions of individuals close to the president. In Watergate, the burglars were caught by the police during the break-in at the scene of the crime. Police officers collected crime scene physical evidence, and investigators subsequently obtained additional corroborating evidence — telephone records, bank statements, airline tickets and hotel invoices. The vast accumulation of physical evidence was vital to securing the criminal convictions of the burglars — who, slapped with stiff prison sentences, revealed their connections with the Nixon campaign.

Source: New York Times May 02, 2019 18:56 UTC