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  1. Oct 9, 2018 · Richard Nixon's Paranoia Leads to Watergate Scandal. Five men are arrested after breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters. Among the items found in their possession...

    • The Watergate Break-In. The origins of the Watergate break-in lay in the hostile political climate of the time. By 1972, when Republican President Richard M. Nixon was running for reelection, the United States was embroiled in the Vietnam War, and the country was deeply divided.
    • Nixon's Obstruction of Justice. It later came to light that Nixon was not being truthful. A few days after the break-in, for instance, he arranged to provide hundreds of thousands of dollars in “hush money” to the burglars.
    • Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein Investigate. By that time, a growing handful of people—including Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, trial judge John J. Sirica and members of a Senate investigating committee—had begun to suspect that there was a larger scheme afoot.
    • The Saturday Night Massacre. When Cox refused to stop demanding the tapes, Nixon ordered that he be fired, leading several Justice Department officials to resign in protest.
  2. Jun 13, 2022 · Here is how the Watergate story was revealed to the public, connection by connection, leading from a mysterious break-in all the way to President Richard M. Nixon.

  3. Richard Nixon, waves goodbye, as he departs in the Presidential Helicopter from the South Lawn of the White House on the day of his resignation. President Richard Nixon sits in the Oval Office of the White House During Watergate scandal on February 2, 1974 in Washington DC.

  4. Jun 17, 2022 · June 20, 1972: President Richard Nixon and aide H.R. Haldeman discuss Watergate. Later, prosecutors find an 18-minute gap in tape of that conversation. Sept. 15, 1972: Seven men, including two former White House aides, are indicted in the Watergate break-in.

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  6. 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 ...

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