Committee to Re-elect the President

The Committee to Re-elect the President, often referred to by critics as CREEP, was an American organization associated with President Richard Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign. This committee became central to the Watergate scandal, a series of political scandals involving the Nixon administration. The scandal began with a burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex in 1972. Investigations revealed that individuals connected to the committee and the White House were involved in a cover-up, ultimately implicating President Nixon himself. The ensuing public scrutiny and legal proceedings led to Nixon's resignation in 1974.123