National Journal Radio Episode 57: 5 Days in August

As a young correspondent for Newsweek Magazine, Tom DeFrank was a witness 50 years ago to Nixon’s forced departure from the Oval Office following the Watergate scandal and the sudden ascension of Gerald Ford to the presidency. Today, National Journal's contributing editor Tom DeFrank talks to NJ Daily managing editor Ledyard King about his five-part series laying out each of the five days from Monday Aug. 5 when President Nixon had no intention of leaving to Friday Aug. 9 when he and his family left the White House for the last time as leader of the free world. Episodes of National Journal Radio are also avail­able on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.