WASHINGTON, D.C.: US President Donald Trump took aim Wednesday at Carl Bernstein, one of the reporters who helped bring down Richard Nixon's presidency, accusing him of 'making up' stories.

Bernstein and Bob Woodward led the Washington Post team that investigated the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate complex, which eventually led back to the White House, prompting a scandal that forced Nixon to resign in 1974.