Watergate Scandal

  • Plans made to tap into phones at the Democratic National Comittee Headquarters

    The headquarters was at the Watergate Apartment complex in DC. The plan was made by a group within the committee to reelect the president. The group was lead by E. Howard Hunt, and G. Gordon Liddy
  • Groups first attempt failed

  • Nixon made the FBI stop their investigation

  • Nixon Adivisors bribed defendants into silence

  • Nixon wins election

  • Court Hearing

    All defendants plead guilty or were found guilty
  • Nixon resigns