The play is based on public records and Integrity, a book co-authored by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh. The story tells how President Richard Nixon's own political thug and Watergate mastermind E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrison) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux) accidentally overthrew the presidency they were trying to protect. Nixon has a team called Plumber / White House Plumbers, which collects intelligence on political opponents, discredits opponents, and prevents insiders from revealing information. E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy are the commanders of the team.