<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal" id="mwAZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate scandal</a>: President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" id="mwAZ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, under orders of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" id="mwAZ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Supreme Court of the United States">US Supreme Court</a>, releases the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_White_House_tapes" id="mwAZ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nixon White House tapes">"Smoking Gun" tape</a>, recorded on June 23, 1972, clearly revealing his actions in covering up and interfering investigations into the break-in. His political support vanishes completely.<sup about="#mwt79" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"}}' id="cite_ref-13" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_5#cite_note-13" id="mwAaA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAaE">[13]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"><cite about="#mwt76" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB_k"><a class="external text" href="https://watergate.info/1972/06/23/the-smoking-gun-tape.html" id="mwB_o" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Smoking Gun Tape"</a>. <i id="mwB_s">watergate.info</i>. 23 June 1972<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB_w">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB_0">2021-06-26</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt76" class="Z3988" id="mwB_4" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=watergate.info&amp;rft.atitle=The+Smoking+Gun+Tape&amp;rft.date=1972-06-23&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwatergate.info%2F1972%2F06%2F23%2Fthe-smoking-gun-tape.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+5"></span></span>