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Watergate scandal U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon (left) and Charles Wendell Colson—a close political aide (1969–73) of Nixon's and the reputed mastermind behind the campaign of “dirty tricks” which led to Watergate—in the Oval Office.

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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 (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate office-apartment-hotel complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972. On August 9, 1974, facing likely impeachment for his role in covering up the scandal, Nixon became the only U.S. president to resign. Watergate’s legacy: How the scandal changed politics and journalism. Early on...

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