1972 there was a break-in at the Watergate Hotel. When the police arrived they found 5

men equipped with electronic bugging devices and burglary tools at the headquarters for

the Democratic National Convention. Two of the individuals were James McCord and G.

Gordon Liddy, both members of the committee to re-elect the president. A third suspect

was E. Howard Hunt, a former CIA agent and White House aide.

When the news broke President Nixon claimed that no one in the White House had

any prior knowledge to the burglary. The break-in was part of an elaborate plan by

CREEP to sabotage Nixon’s opposition for re-election. A week after the break in Nixon

agreed to cover up the White House’s involvement in the break in. Nixon claimed that

any further investigation of the scandal was a threat to national security and needed to

American public and told of his involvement in the wiretapping and how he had helped

the scandal. Archibald Cox, who was the special prosecutor on the case wanted the tapes,

written by McCord read to the court that implicated that higher ups in the White House

prior knowledge of the break in or the cover up that followed until March 21, which was a

cover up became greater, and involved blackmailing by those who were on trial for the

He admitted no wrong doing, but admitted to using bad judgment

The summer of 1973 was a turning point in the Watergate Scandal. The Senate

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