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The Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, federal prosecutors, Judge John Sirica, the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (the Ervin Committee) and a special prosecutor's office pulled the thread through 1973. White House counsel John Dean testified. The existence of a taping system was revealed.
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Watergate scandal · tagline
A 17 June 1972 break-in at the DNC in Washington's Watergate complex became a cover-up that ended in Richard Nixon's resignation on 9 August 1974 and a wave of United States ethics law. In the early hours of 17 June 1972, five men were arrested inside the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate office building in Washington, D.C.
Watergate scandal · The Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, federal p
The Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, federal prosecutors, Judge John Sirica, the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (the Ervin Committee) and a special prosecutor's office pulled the thread through 1973. White House counsel John Dean testified. The existence of a taping system was revealed.
Watergate scandal · On 24 July 1974 the Supreme Court ruled in United States v
On 24 July 1974 the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Nixon that the president had to surrender tapes. The House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment. Nixon resigned on 9 August 1974. President Gerald Ford pardoned him on 8 September. Many aides and burglars were convicted. The status is mixed because the president left office without a criminal trial, while the surrounding dock was full.
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The Watergate is a Washington hotel, office and apartment complex. The DNC rented offices there in 1972. The five men arrested on 17 June — including James McCord, a CRP security coordinator, and Cuban exiles with prior CIA-adjacent histories — were not random burglars. Address-book entries led to E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, White House and CRP operatives.
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On 24 July 1974 the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Nixon that the president had to surrender tapes. The House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment. Nixon resigned on 9 August 1974. President Gerald Ford pardoned him on 8 September. Many aides and burglars were convicted. The status is mixed because the president left office without a criminal trial, while the surrounding dock was full.
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The Watergate is a Washington hotel, office and apartment complex. The DNC rented offices there in 1972. The five men arrested on 17 June — including James McCord, a CRP security coordinator, and Cuban exiles with prior CIA-adjacent histories — were not random burglars. Address-book entries led to E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, White House and CRP operatives.
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