Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99
- Posted on March 9, 2026
- By The Toronto Star
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Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval Office