Watergate to Trump and Todays GOP: A Throughline

Published: May 11, 2023, 9 a.m.

b'From the verdict in Trump\\u2019s sexual assault case to the Santos indictment and the Supreme Court saga, scandal is rife in Washington. Today we turn to the OG: Watergate, as examined in the new HBO series, \\u201cWhite House Plumbers.\\u201d Writers and creators Peter Huyck and Alex Gregory and director David Mandel discuss how the show compares to their last collab (\\u201cVeep\\u201d), trace a line between the blind allegiance to Nixon in the 1970s and the \\u201cBig Lie\\u201d of 2020 and contemplate what a Trump scandals series may look like 50 years from now would be like (think: Timoth\\xe9e Chalamet as Rudy Giuliani).\\n\\nYou can follow Kara and Nayeema on Instagram - search for @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'