Looking at N.C.s Watergate connection with the man who got the tapes

Published: June 15, 2022, 5 a.m.

This week marks 50 years since the Watergate break-in happened, sparking perhaps our nation\u2019s biggest political scandal and the resignation of President Richard Nixon.\xa0 North Carolina played a monster role in the investigation that followed with Sen. Sam Ervin chairing the Senate Watergate Committee.\xa0 His 31-year-old Deputy Chief Counsel Rufus Edmisten delivered the subpoena to the White House for the famous tapes.\xa0Edmisten went on to a long and prolific political career.\xa0Tim catches up with the 80-year-old character at his office, which looks more like a museum and his home, which looks more like a public garden, and a local radio station.