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Watergate
The break-in that ended a presidency.
In 1972, operatives tied to Nixon's re-election campaign broke into the DNC's offices at the Watergate complex. The cover-up that followed, exposed through investigative journalism and congressional hearings, led to his resignation in 1974.
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Quick facts
- →5 burglars, 1 taped-over door lock, 0 chance it stayed quiet.
- →An anonymous source, "Deep Throat," fed reporters the trail for two years before anyone knew his name.
- →18½ minutes of tape mysteriously vanished — Nixon's secretary blamed a stretch and a phone call.
- →48 officials were eventually convicted. Nixon avoided trial only by resigning, then accepting a pardon.
Entities on file
Richard Nixon (person)
37th U.S. President; resigned in 1974 rather than face near-certain impeachment.
→ made historic phone call during → Apollo 11✓documented
→ authorized activities of → Committee to Re-elect the President✓documented
→ ordered the same "Plumbers" unit that later carried out Watergate to investigate the leak of → Pentagon Papers✓documented
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Committee to Re-elect the President (organization)
Nixon's 1972 campaign organization; several officials were convicted for their role in the break-in and cover-up.
→ broke into → Watergate complex✓documented
Watergate complex (location)
Washington, D.C. building housing the DNC offices burglarized in June 1972.
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The Washington Post (organization)
Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's coverage, aided by an anonymous source later revealed as FBI official Mark Felt, helped expose the cover-up.
→ exposed cover-up by → Richard Nixon✓documented
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