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Watergate Scandal
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Watergate scandal
The
Watergate scandal
was a major
political scandal
that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the
Democratic National Committee
(DNC) headquarters at the
Watergate office complex
in
Washington, D.C.
and President
Richard Nixon
's
administration
's attempted cover-up of its involvement. When the conspiracy was discovered and investigated by the
U.S. Congress
, the Nixon administration's resistance to its probes led to a
constitutional crisis
.
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