   the watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the united states in the 1970s as a result of the june 17, 1972, break-in at the democratic national committee (dnc) headquarters at the watergate office complex in washington, d.c., and the nixon 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. the term watergate has come to encompass an array of clandestine and often illegal activities undertaken by members of the nixon administration. those activities included such "dirty tricks" as bugging the offices of political opponents and people of whom nixon or his officials were suspicious. nixon and his close aides ordered harassment of activist groups and political figures, using the federal bureau of investigation (fbi), the central intelligence agency (cia), and the internal revenue service (irs). the scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the nixon administration, articles of impeachment,http://classes.lls.edu/archive/manheimk/371d1/nixonarticles.html and the resignation of richard nixon, the president of the united states, on august 9, 1974âthe only resignation of a u.s. president to date. the scandal also resulted in the indictment of 69 people, with trials or pleas resulting in 48 being found guilty and incarcerated, many of whom were nixon's top administration officials. the affair began with the arrest of five men for breaking and entering into the dnc headquarters at the watergate complex on june 17, 1972. the fbi connected cash found on the burglars to a slush fund used by the committee for the re-election of the president (crp), the official organization of nixon's campaign.  this book is volume one of a two-volume set. both volumes share the same isbn and library of congress call number, e859 .c62 1973 in july 1973, as evidence mounted against the president's staff, including testimony provide
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