ummm....people, there was an actual crime in watergate from day 1!!!.a break in..5 burglars...names of them...rememeber??...geez.
The first break-in to place the recording microphones or the second break-in to recover the nude pictures of John Dean’s wife?
My point is that Nixon had nothing to do with it and didn’t even know about it. It was Dean who pled guilty to lesser charges in exchange for testimony against Nixon that resulted in Nixon’s resignation.
The best reference I know of is “Silent Coup,” by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin.