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  2. 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 ...

  3. Watergate scandal - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Watergate Seven - Wikipedia

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    The Watergate Seven has come to refer to two different groups of people, both of them in the context of the Watergate scandal.Firstly, it can refer to the five men caught on June 17, 1972, burglarizing the Democratic National Committee's headquarters in the Watergate complex, along with their two handlers, E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, who were Nixon campaign aides.

  5. United States Senate Watergate Committee - Wikipedia

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    The Senate Watergate Committee, known officially as the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, was a special committee established by the United States Senate, S.Res. 60, in 1973, to investigate the Watergate scandal, with the power to investigate the break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Frank Wills (security guard) - Wikipedia

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    Frank Wills (February 4, 1948 – September 27, 2000) was an American security guard best known for his role in foiling the June 17 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee inside the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. Then 24, Wills called the police after discovering that locks at the complex had been tampered with.

  8. Jill Wine-Banks - Wikipedia

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    e. Jill Wine-Banks (born May 5, 1943, as Jill Susan Wine[2]), formerly Jill Wine-Volner, is an American lawyer who was one of the prosecutors during the Watergate scandal. She was the first woman to serve as US General Counsel of the Army (1977–80) under President Jimmy Carter.

  9. A lesser known figure in the Watergate scandal made history ...

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    Jul. 16—LEWISTON — It was 49 years ago, on July 16, 1973, that a man named Alexander Butterfield "reluctantly" revealed during a public hearing of the Watergate Investigation Committee the ...