Donald Segretti: The 60 Minutes Watergate Interview (1974)

Donald Segretti was known as a dirty trickster whose shenanigans got him caught up in the Watergate investigation and resulted in prison time.
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[@60minutes]

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[@Angelum_Band]

Free Julian Assange in the name of journalism.

[@frereM]

I can't see or think about Donald Segretti without substituting Robert Walden's portrayal in "All The President's Men".

[@samanthab1923]

Same, that’s all I know

[@Agent-xn1hr]

Robert Walden was perfectly cast as Segretti

[@terr777]

Same here.

[@TTM9691]

I actually think Walden looks more like Segretti's lawyer, sitting next to him! Seeing the real Segretti now, I see a different kind of actor in the role. That said, the Robert Walden performance/scene is one of my favorites in "All The President's Men"....and that's really saying something! It's like he was cast based on what Segretti DID, rather than his actual personality.

[@onyx2626]

@@TTM9691 Such a memorable scene! A happy accident probably: Walden goes from joking to crying in a matter of seconds, as he realizes his career is over so early. That scene makes the film more real.

[@DavidKeithWilliams-hg5nm]

Had Donald Segretti, Jeb Magruder, John Mitchell, HR. Halderman, John Ehrlichman, Gordon Liddy, Howard Hunt, and even John Dean served years in prison, rather than months, I think politicians and political administrators today would not be so quick to commit crimes in their political positions. Even more important, Richard Nixon should have not been pardoned. He should have been charged with his criminal behavior and sentenced to prison time also. It would have prevented so much of the political upheaval that is taking place today.

[@alanrogs3990]

I love the rooms that these 1970's interviews take place in.

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

It’s always the same: cheap looking wooden bookcases sit on top of an even cheaper looking shag rug and chair, on which sits some rando 1970s dude in an atrocious business suit and weird, floppy, hippie hair. All of it filmed with a low definition potato. Every interview, show or movie filmed in the 70s looks hideous and broken, as if they were filming in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Truly a decade of regret to forget.

[@tonywalton1052]

When the lawyer has a lawyer sitting next to him, - it is serious.

[@desertdetroiter428]

He comes off as boyishly naive, but he isn’t. He was a former Army Captain in the JAG and a member of the USC Mafia. He knew the seriousness of his crimes.

[@terr777]

In 1972, 25 grand was considered a nice year's salary for a lot of people.

[@dlraarmadethis]

That's 175 grand today, real nice salary.

[@marksacher3866]

No scruples... this guy is rotten to the core for doing what he did. Not only was he trashing political careers with fake documents on stolen letterhead, he was also dodging paying taxes by taking cash payments.

[@frisandlin8876]

lord take me back to the good ol days when this was the biggest political scandal of all time

[@SteveXNYC]

9/11 WTC is all American bombing

[@Sparky-ww5re]

Yeah I know, right. Today's politicians, with the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, abandoned Americans behind enemy lines, left billions of dollars of weaponry to our enemies, created a national security risk by secretly flying illegal immigrants across the country behind our backs, with fentanyl and blood spilling on American streets, and begging dictators from other countries for oil, makes Watergate look like two kindergartener's having a verbal argument over Elmer's glue and popsicle sticks.

[@desertdetroiter428]

It still is.

[@muffs55mercury61]

I remember his name was one of the first to surface after the Watergate break in and then not hearing much at all after. Segretti is one of the few players still living (as of June 2023) and will be 82 on Sept, 17.

[@williamdunphy352]

Another Mike Wallace gem.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Mike was much more of a master at his work than his son is.

[@Angela-tt5ik]

I admire Wallace's grasp of the complexity of the people and events with his questions. Amazing. But he was the master.

[@halbrooks4654]

Slap on the wrist, 4.5 months of Club FED ( low, minimally harsh) punishment. Liddy got 9 years, hard Fed time.

[@5150TomG]

Liddy was pardoned by Jimmy Carter in 1977

[@halbrooks4654]

@@5150TomGPardon, didn't happen, because, Liddy ,never was able to practice law, again. Oh , okay Carter, gave him a sentence reduction. " Commuted "to 4.5 years, not 9, like I said.

[@paulmancini3363]

@@5150TomG Liddy did a lot more “Dirty Tricks” involving larger amounts of $$$ than nickle and dime amateur Don Segretti ever did

[@Besdayz]

Liddy actually killed people and did very bad things. The fact that he is a cult hero to the right just like Ollie North should tell you all you need to know about his character.

[@halbrooks4654]

@@Besdayz Liddy, never killed ppl. He was a former prosecutor, FBI agent and did illegal, searchs, burglaries to obtain incriminating evidence on ppl his superiors targeted. His "hero" status, was because he would not squeal, snitch, to get a lessor sentence.

[@alexthompson9516]

"Ratfucking." Stuff with a little wit attached.

[@willdrucker4291]

Deep Throat speaking to the NYT as well as Bob Woodward at WAPO….

[@DonMorty]

Alex P Keaton got busted

[@Retroscoop]

Interesting, very interesting... Segretti - nomen est omen- really has prankster eyes, while recounting this frivolous episode of his life. I do understand the John Dean manoeuvers mentioned here are very important, but I don't really 100 % understand the bigger picture. OK, so there are obvious delaying tactics, stay low and away fro the press etc. I also don't understand the 25000 "green". Was he payed 6 months in advance, was he paid just one month and supposed to do something with the rest of the money etc. ? I mean, Segretti seems sincere, but it doesn't become completely clear what was taking place here... One question though... Why does episodes of 60 minutes.... only last 13 minutes on Yooutube ? I mean, don't tell me there was 45 minutes of publicity breaks ?

[@HVACSoldier]

@Benoit Vanhees 60 Minutes usually had three different news stories in their episodes. Each story lasted 15 to 20 minutes. When you add commercials, you got 60 Minutes.

[@HVACSoldier]

Donald Segretti didn’t deserve to go to jail, by today’s standards. Heck, the politicians spread rumors about opposing candidates and ordinary citizens, that are 10 times worse. He should be pardoned, based on today’s standards.

[@KH6DAN]

He plead guilty to forgery. For that he served 4 months and was disbarred. He was probably one of 50 people doing the same stuff and the system went after a small fry.

[@HVACSoldier]

@@KH6DAN I have no doubt. Heck, LBJ had someone spread rumors that one of his opponents was having sex with barn yard animals. A Republican politician spread a rumor about that Uvalde shooter being a “dope smoking transvestite.” And yet, Donald Segretti goes to jail. 50 years after Watergate, what Donald Segretti did would be considered “small potatoes,” today.

[@Angelum_Band]

Free Julian Assange.

[@atomix62t]

If Richard Nixon Been Held Accountable And Prosecuted As He Deserved, Then We Would Have Higher Standards Today

[@Angelum_Band]

@@atomix62t Again Free Julian Assange.

[@mfpendle]

This was clearly before they figured out how to interview people on television.

[@alanrogs3990]

Can you explain your comment?

[@mfpendle]

@@alanrogs3990 today they would never film the host from the back like that, for example. Innocuous comment, I thought

[@alanrogs3990]

@@mfpendle I thought the same thing. I mean from the back like that. It makes one wonder if the answers given were to the questions that appeared to be asked at the time. Gives a lot of opportunity to edit things the way the interviewer likes. But I do find today things aren't that much different. It is a bit better but still the cross camera switchovers they use today can be manipulated easily.

[@MRVISTA-wz7vj]

This guy is a total sum bag

[@j.s.connolly8579]

"$25,000" is NOTHING today! Today... THAT is simply a month's or so "Payment" for "LOBBYISTS"!!!

[@TTM9691]

That's the equivalent to $164,581 today.

[@lliamjurdom9505]

Nixon bag of dirty tricks ....

[@georgiakritikos4955]

How many WOMAN HAVE DIED FOR SAVING THEIR CHILDREN? TELL US BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL ALIVE❤💯🎬THE WATERGATE SCANDAL EXPLAINED

[@davidgalliano84]

A Tuesday in the trump administration

[@HVACSoldier]

@David Galliano A Tuesday in almost ANY career politicians office, of either party.

[@kamuelalee]

Yawn

[@traviszhang1686]

@@HVACSoldier Welp, it forced a popular president into resignation, politicians aren't stuipid enough to do something like this to endanger their careers. Unless of course, when their base stops caring about it or consider it a smear campaign from the other side.

[@franknberry6397]

Lol OMG!

[@WatchMan1962]

You spelled Hillary wrong, chump.

[@nationalallianceforprogres3136]

Long live Sir Richard Nixon s Legacy and Sir Barry Goldwater s Legacy ❤❤😊😊

[@freedomnews5221]

Nixon should have gone to jail period 🥰🥰😇😇😇

[@susanray8811]

... and now it's become worse with Trump

[@Retroscoop]

Well, less frivolous for sure. With the silly Segretti stuff, you first would shake your head in disbelief, but then have a good laugh. Even that really odd figure Liddy was completely frivolous. But there's nothing "funny" about the Proud Boys and the Oathkeepers and the Three Percenters and other groups. They were deadly serious, even though they seem to have shrunk to much smaller dimensions and less red faced and noisy all of a sudden they became aware they were in the crosshairs of the FBI.

[@JT-rx1eo]

Lol. Worse with Biden. And corrupt entrenched liberal bureaucrats have much more completely infiltrated institutions today.

[@timtarlac3476]

And biden and hunter?

[@dirtfarmer3891]

Seems that John Dean may have orchestrated Watergate from the beginning til the end

[@muffs55mercury61]

Circumstances would make one think so, yes.

[@johnnynephrite6147]

Wow, in todays world being a dirty trickster is mandatory for all Republicans.

[@HVACSoldier]

@johnny nephrite “Dirty Trickster” is mandatory for MOST politicians, in BOTH parties. Heck, Hillary Clinton, is an LBJ/Richard Nixon type politician. Social media makes “dirty tricks” among the base of both parties, more believable.

[@leebrock7151]

You didn't hear about the "Steele Dossier" did you...... might want to look into where it came from and who paid to get it. Wonder what she wanted it for?

[@kamuelalee]

It's their price of admission.

[@danocable]

Donald segretti, fall guy, period.

[@hamentaschen]

This is my comment.

[@Ava-wu4qp]

This is my reply.

[@Retroscoop]

Sorry, I can't agree with it. It is totally ridiculous and formulated in a too pompous way.

[@tomloft2000]

there are many like it ,but this one is mine.

[@chrispaff1972]

This is all small potatoes compared to what Hillary did

[@nickismith4787]

Your ignorance is your bliss.

[@TTM9691]

....which is why during the three-year Benghazi witch hunt, after eleven hours of consecutive testimony from Hilary, you couldn't even get a perjury charge. And why you, yet again, spectacularly lost in court, just a few weeks ago. As you always do. Sorry, twerp, but after Passportgate, Travelgate, Nannygate.....SIX YEARS of Whitewater that went nowhere.....don't forget about Pizzagate!......slugs like you are getting a little boring with your "cry wolf" routine. Take your thumb out of your mouth, for once in your life, diaperboy.

[@paulmancini3363]

Hillary ?

[@FigaroHey]

Nah. She learned how not to get caught. People who could incriminate her conveniently died.

[@breakingbadheisenberg9703]

Details please.