Watergate

Watergate was a 1970s scandal involving the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon. (PROSE: , TV: ) 
== History ==
In 1972, five burglars were caught breaking into the Democratic Party headquarters. Their plan was to steal information that would damage the Democrats' chances in that year's presidential election. (PROSE: ) The reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein found out about it and published articles about it in The Washington Post. (AUDIO: ) 
Following Nixon's victory in the election, (PROSE: ) the US Senate Watergate Committee investigated the reports. (PROSE: ) The burglars were found to be linked to Nixon's Committee to Re-elect the President following the investigation. (PROSE: )
Much of Nixon's activities in the White House were tape recorded. (PROSE: ) These were known as the Nixon tapes. (COMIC: ) A phone call between Nixon and Melody Pond (TV: ) was transcribed as part of the investigation into Watergate. A transcription of the Eleventh Doctor arriving in the Oval Office was also made available to the Senate committee, though Nixon refused to identify the Doctor, citing reasons of international security. (PROSE: ) Eventually, evidence emerged in other tapes that Nixon had attempted to cover up his own involvement in the burglary. In 1974, Nixon resigned as President, with his Vice President Gerald Ford succeeding him. (PROSE: )
=== Legacy ===
Marwan Hamwai believed everyone in the Western world had heard of the Watergate scandal. (PROSE: )
River Song noted President Nixon's involvement in Watergate and the Vietnam War before adding that there was "some good stuff too". (TV: )
In 2011, Rani Chandra wrote an essay about the Watergate scandal. (AUDIO: )
The classified Nixon tapes were left for future Presidents to know of the Doctor. The President of Earth, Vera Fusek, made the connection between the Doctor and the Nixon tapes when she encountered the Eleventh Doctor herself. (COMIC: )
== Behind the scenes ==
In the real world, President Nixon's precise involvement in the Watergate burglary remains unknown. Some sections of the "Nixon tapes" were lost. The "smoking gun" tape that eventually implicated Nixon proved that he tried to prevent the FBI from investigating the break-in.Nixon Library In addition, there were also attempts to pay hush money to the conspirators,MSNBC although these details are unstated in .
== Footnotes ==
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