Essay Archive - Watergate Scandal
Watergate Scandal
Watergate was a designation of a major U.S. scandal that began with the
burglary and wiretapping of the Democratic party's headquarters, later engulfed
President Richard M. Nixon and many of his supporters in a variety of illegal
acts and culminated in the first resignation of a U.S. president.
The burglary was committed on June 17, 1972, by five men who were caught
in the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate apartment
and office complex in Washington D.C. Their arrest eventually uncovered a White
House-sponsered plan of espionage against political opponents a....
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