Gaslit: Remembering G. Gordon Liddy, Proud Watergate Villain

The Watergate miniseries Gaslit premiered in April with a chilling visual—a mustachioed man (Shea Whigham) preaching about strength and will while letting the flesh of his hand burn over an open flame. It was an ominous introduction, not just to Nixon’s political scandal, but to the dangerous figure who masterminded it: G. Gordon Liddy. Sunday’s penultimate episode, “Year of the Rat,” further illustrates this notorious real-life figure—the lawyer turned Nixon loyalist who chose prison over testifying about his activities to the White House. (“My father didn’t raise a snitch or a rat,” he told the L.A. Times.) Even after prison—52… Read Full Article