The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon which began in 1972 and ultimately led to Nixon's resignation in 1974.

2024年12月30日 · Watergate scandal, interlocking political scandals of the administration of U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon that were revealed following the arrest of five burglars at Democratic National committee headquarters in the Watergate office-apartment-hotel complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972.

2009年10月29日 · Over nearly two years, Woodward and Bernstein break many stories about the Watergate scandal. Nixon refuses to turn over presidential tape recordings that might reveal his administration’s role...

2018年10月9日 · Over nearly two years, Woodward and Bernstein break many stories about the Watergate scandal. Nixon refuses to turn over presidential tape recordings that might reveal his administration’s role...

2022年6月17日 · June 20, 1972: President Richard Nixon and aide H.R. Haldeman discuss Watergate. Later, prosecutors find an 18-minute gap in tape of that conversation. Sept. 15, 1972: Seven men, including two former White House aides, are indicted in the Watergate break-in.

Watergate scandal, (1972–74) Political scandal involving illegal activities by Pres. Richard Nixon’s administration. In June 1972 five burglars were arrested after breaking into the Democratic Party’s national headquarters at the Watergate Hotel complex in Washington, D.C.

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 Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972, and subsequent cover-up by people who worked for or with the White ...

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's re-election campaign, and the subsequent cover-up of the break-in resulting in Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, as well as other abuses of power by ...

President Nixon resigned from office under threat of impeachment on August 9, 1974. The break-in and the resignation form the boundaries of the events we know as the Watergate affair.

2022年6月14日 · Find out more about the political scandal that shamed the White House and brought down President Richard Nixon, with this brief guide from BBC History Revealed Magazine to the break-in at the Watergate Hotel – and its fallout