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  2. Watergate scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Watergate scandal resulted in 69 individuals being charged and 48 being found guilty, including: [95] John N. Mitchell , Attorney General of the United States who resigned to become Director of Committee to Re-elect the President , convicted of perjury about his involvement in the Watergate break-in. Served 19 months of a one- to four-year ...

  3. List of -gate scandals and controversies - Wikipedia

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    The suffix-gate derives from the Watergate scandal in the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of US President Richard Nixon. [2] The scandal was named after the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., where the burglary giving rise to the scandal took place; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on ...

  4. Bob Woodward - Wikipedia

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    While a reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Woodward teamed up with Carl Bernstein, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. [3] These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon .

  5. Carl Bernstein — half of the tenacious duo of young Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate scandal that ultimately led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation — is joining ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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.

  8. G. Gordon Liddy - Wikipedia

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    Liddy was the Nixon administration liaison and leader of the group of five men who broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Complex. At least two separate entries were made in May and June 1972; the burglars were apprehended on June 17. [27] The purposes of the break-in were never conclusively established.

  9. 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 ...