The WP is so bad that I really believe that it is a C_A op, or something equivalent. Nothing but lies come from that paper. And it is the only one that I will never follow a link to.
Has been for a long time. Nixon's removal from office was a result of the FBI Deputy Director, Mark Felt, spoon feeding classified information to Woodward and Bernstein.
The FBI was determined to take Nixon down, because he wanted to clean up the Bureau after Hoover died. They were not great investigative reporters. They were delivery boys for the deep state.