Watergate scandal
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The Watergate scandal, or simply Watergate, was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon. On June 17, 1972, operatives associated with Nixon's 1
A view of the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., with the Howard Johnson's motel to the left, with legal notation from the trial of the White House Plumbers
Nixon giving his staple V sign in Pennsylvania during his 1968 campaign
Retired CIA officer E. Howard Hunt and former FBI agent G. Gordon Liddy (pictured 1964) were the handlers of the five Watergate burglars.
A Sony tape-recorder used by Nixon to record all conversations in the Oval Office
Presidency of Richard Nixon
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Richard Nixon's tenure as the 37th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1969, and ended when he resigned on August 9, 1974, in the face of almost certain imp
Official portrait, 1972
President Nixon and his cabinet at the White House in June 1972
Nixon nominated Warren E. Burger as the 15th chief justice of the United States in May 1969; Burger was confirmed to the position by the U.S. Senate by a 74–3 vote on June 9, 1969.
President Nixon and his cabinet in the White House in March 1971