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The Greatest Political Scandal Of The 20th Century

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Everyone knows about the notorious Watergate Scandal of the early ’70s. It all started when five men were caught breaking into the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., home to the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Investigators soon found a connection between the break-in and the Committee for the Re-Election of the President, who at the time was Richard Nixon. They also found that Nixon had tape-recording systems set up in his White House offices and when the tapes were released to government investigators, it was revealed that Nixon deliberately tried to cover up the activities surrounding the break-in. Nixon resigned from the presidency in 1974 before the House could impeach him.