Political Scandals Throughout History
Watergate is perhaps the most infamous political scandal in American history. It began in 1972 when agents working for the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP) broke into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. The break-in was part of a wider campaign of espionage and sabotage carried out by the CRP against the Democrats.
The burglars were caught, and the subsequent investigation by journalists and law enforcement officials revealed that the break-in was just the tip of the iceberg. The Nixon administration had been involved in a wide range of criminal activities, including:
Nixon himself was implicated in the cover-up of these crimes, and was forced to resign in 1974 in the face of almost certain impeachment.
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