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2. Watergate scandal - Wikipedia

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   The Watergate scandal left such an impression on the national and international consciousness that many scandals since then have been labeled with the "-gate suffix". One of a variety of anti-Ford buttons generated during the 1976 presidential election: it reads "Gerald ... Pardon me!" and depicts a thief cracking a safe labeled "Watergate".

3. Frank Wills (security guard) - Wikipedia

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   The arrests triggered the Watergate scandal and eventually the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in 1974. Former residence (red building) of Frank Wills, located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Although hailed as a hero, Wills did not receive much financial reward or a promotion and later had difficulty finding work.

4. Richard Nixon's resignation speech - Wikipedia

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   On August 5, 1974, several of President Richard Nixon's recorded-on-audiotape 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 ...

5. Watergate scandal wasn't just a burglary, it was a state of ...

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   The two-year drama that unfolded after the burglary, with its plot twists and cast of colorful, often unsavory characters, ultimately led to the impeachment and resignation of Nixon, who was ...

6. G. Gordon Liddy - Wikipedia

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   Working alongside E. Howard Hunt, Liddy organized and directed the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building in May and June 1972. After five of Liddy's operatives were arrested inside the DNC offices on June 17, 1972, subsequent investigations of the Watergate scandal led to Nixon's resignation in 1974.

7. What to Watch Sunday: A rebroadcast of CNN’s Watergate ...

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   The four-part series, “Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal,” features the firsthand accounts of Nixon counsel John Dean.

8. Timeline of the Watergate scandal - Wikipedia

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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 ...

9. John N. Mitchell - Wikipedia

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   He was tried and convicted as a result of his involvement in the Watergate scandal. After his tenure as U.S. Attorney General, he served as chairman of Nixon's 1972 presidential campaign. Due to multiple crimes he committed in the Watergate affair, Mitchell was sentenced to prison in 1977 and served 19 months.