The Watergate break-in cover-up unraveled Nixon's presidency. John Dean, former White House Counsel to the President, reveals the real story behind the cover-up and the strategic operations orchestrated by Nixon's inner circle.

John Dean realizes he must convince Nixon to stop lying as he is pulled deeper into the cover-up of the Watergate break-in. Dean makes plans to go public, providing information from which the Nixon administration will never recover.

As the administration sinks deeper into the Watergate scandal, John Dean juggles the needs of different stakeholders. Dean's fateful conversation with Nixon unravels the cover-up plot and culminates in his testimony in front of the Senate.

The bombshell revelation of Nixon's White House recording system leads to a battle for audio tapes, which eventually collapses his presidency.