Comparing special investigations
President Trump complained that the Mueller investigation has lasted a year. Other investigations have dragged on much longer. Here's how much space they take up at the National Archives.
= 100 cubic feet of documents
Watergate: 1,362 ft3
Records of the Watergate Special Prosecution
Force, 1971 – 1977
Iran Contra: 1,948 ft3
Records of Lawrence Walsh relating to
Iran/Contra, 1986 – 1993
Whitewater: 3,149 ft3
Records of Independent Counsel Kenneth I.
Starr, Robert Ray and Julie Thomas, 1994 – 2004
Comparing special investigations
President Trump complained that the Mueller investigation has lasted a year. Other investigations have dragged on much longer. Here's how much space they take up at the National Archives.
= 100 cubic feet of documents
Watergate: 1,362 ft3
Records of the Watergate Special Prosecution
Force, 1971 – 1977
Iran Contra: 1,948 ft3
Records of Lawrence Walsh relating to
Iran/Contra, 1986 – 1993
Whitewater: 3,149 ft3
Records of Independent Counsel Kenneth I.
Starr, Robert Ray and Julie Thomas, 1994 – 2004
Comparing special investigations
President Trump complained that the Mueller investigation has lasted a year. Other investigations have dragged on much longer. Here's how much space they take up at the National Archives.
= 100 cubic feet of documents
Watergate: 1,362 ft3
Records of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1971 – 1977
Iran Contra: 1,948 ft3
Records of Lawrence Walsh relating to Iran/Contra, 1986 – 1993
Whitewater: 3,149 ft3
Records of Independent Counsel Kenneth I. Starr, Robert Ray and Julie Thomas, 1994 – 2004
