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The Watergate scandal refers to the burglary and illegal wiretapping of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, in the Watergate complex by members of President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign, and the subsequent cover-up of the break-in resulting in Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, as well as other abuses of power by the Nixon White House that were discovered during ...
The Watergate scandal was a major political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation. The name originated from attempts by the Nixon administration to conceal its involvement in the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee ...
A look at the Watergate scandal timeline that brought down the Nixon presidency.
On August 5, 1974, several of President Richard Nixon's taped Oval Office conversations were released. One of them, which was described as the "smoking gun" tape, was recorded soon after the Watergate break-in, and demonstrated that Richard Nixon had been told of the White House connection to the Watergate burglaries soon after they took place, and approved a plan to thwart the investigation ...
Watergate Complex, Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., 1965. Credit - Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. F ifty years ago, on Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon told ...
A new CNN documentary is the former Nixon White House counsel's first on-camera look-back at the event that resonates today.
The " Saturday Night Massacre " was a series of resignations over the dismissal of special prosecutor Archibald Cox that took place in the United States Department of Justice during the Watergate scandal in 1973. [ 1] The events followed the refusal by Cox to drop a subpoena for the Nixon White House tapes at President Richard Nixon 's request ...
The most famous break-in in American history was revealed fifty years ago this weekend, when five men were arrested for trying to spy on the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the ...