During Richard Nixon’s administration, there was a political outrage that became commonly known as The Watergate Scandal. It involved the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington D.C. in 1972 and the subsequent cover-up of the administration’s involvement by Nixon and his administration. This resulted in several high-ranking officials being convicted of charges related to the break-in and cover-up, and eventually led to the resignation of Nixon in 1974.