Watergate

The Watergate Scandal

On June 17, 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee's headquarters: the Watergate Hotel. When Nixon was asked about theses men, he passed them off as "third-rate burglars," denying any connection with them. In truth, these men used to work for the CIA and were hired by CRP, the committee to re-elect the president. Although the Watergate Scandal was successfully covered through Nixon's re-election, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of the Washington Post were unsatisfied. With the help of an informant by the name of "Deepthroat," the two reporters kept the scandal alive and were able to connect it to the White House. Because Nixon recorded every conversation within the White House, his take were used as evidence to incriminate him by the Senate Committee. As a result, Nixon faced impeachment but instead resigned on August 9, 1974.