Watergate scandal Checked 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 The …

Dec 5, 2025 · The Watergate scandal was a series of interlocking political scandals of the U.S. President Richard M. Nixon’s administration. The scandal included a break-in at the Democratic National …

Oct 29, 2009 · The origins of the Watergate break-in lay in the hostile political climate of the time. By 1972, when Republican President Richard M. Nixon was running for reelection, the United States …

Richard M. Nixon was the first U.S. president ever to resign. He did so under threat of impeachment in the wake of the Watergate investigation, named for the hotel and office complex that housed the …

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the June 17, 1972 Watergate break-in. This occasion presents an opportunity to explain Watergate — what we know, what we don’t know, and what we are still …

During the night of June 17, 1972, five burglars broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC. Investigation into the break-in …

Richard Nixon on the day of his resignation, August 9, 1974. (NARA ARC Id 194597 In the early hours of June 17, 1972, police officers arrested five men suspected of breaking into the offices of the …

Aerial view of the Watergate complex, site of June 17, 1972 burglary of Democratic National Committee Headquarters that became synonymous with the President Nixon cover up and eventual resignation ...

The Watergate scandal refers to the burglary and illegal wiretapping of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, in the Watergate complex by members of President Richard Nixon …

Dec 5, 2025 · Watergate scandal - Political Corruption, Nixon Resignation, Cover-up: The trial of the five arrested burglars and two accomplices began in federal court less than two weeks before Nixon’s …

Watergate Trial Tapes The Watergate Trial Conversations are excerpted Nixon White House tape conversations that were played in open court in U.S. v. Mitchell, et al. and U.S. v. Connally. The …

Oct 9, 2018 · Richard Nixon's personality and character issues may have led to his involvement in the Watergate scandal.