I think what Clive was eluding to with Hunt's wife, in the plane crash she was found with $10K cash in her purse.
This alerted the Washington Post journalists to follow the money trail.
Hunt and others involved who were arrested for the Watergate bugging were being paid off by the White House (aka Nixon), for legal expenses and to keep quiet and plead guilty. This way they would not be cross examined and potentially reveal other people involved, especially Nixon.
Washington Post journalists believed Hunt's wife was the money carrier delivering money to those arrested and the Post published articles that revealed the White House payoff scheme. This forced the prosecutors to look deeper into the scandal.
The crash itself is surrounded in conspiracy, with the CIA accused of sabotage to kill Hunts wife. Unusually within 45minutes of the crash, there were 50 FBI agents around the crash scene as if they were tipped off.
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