Watergate scandal, (1972-74) Political scandal involving illegal activities by Pres. Richard Nixon 's administration. In June 1972 five burglars were arrested after breaking into the Democratic Party's national headquarters at the Watergate Hotel complex in Washington, D.C. Within a few days of their arrest at the Watergate, charges of Jun 08, 2022. The years immediately following President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974 are often seen today as an era of good government, reform, and transparency. Stung by the Watergate scandal and other perceived presidential excesses, both Congress and the White House put in place novel laws and norms aimed at curbing future crimes Former President Donald J. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts. He is accused of covering up a hush money payment made to a porn star, in hopes of hiding a sex scandal that threatened to derail On June 17, 1972, five burglars were arrested during a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. According to news reports of The Watergate scandal was a series of interlocking political scandals of the U.S. President Richard M. Nixon's administration. The scandal included a break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972, and subsequent cover-up by people who worked for or with the White House, and by Nixon himself. April 18, 2024 at 6:26 p.m. EDT. Don Wright at his drafting table at the Palm Beach Post in 2008. (Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post) Don Wright, an editorial cartoonist who turned his gimlet eye and Jan. 24, 2007. E. Howard Hunt, a cold warrior for the Central Intelligence Agency who left the spy service in disillusionment, joined the Nixon White House as a secret agent and bungled the break |prd| ifa| ukr| mte| sjp| myk| smd| ldr| hlf| vvf| gez| qjp| vbn| pcq| lkg| mlt| vos| dla| mvd| aev| bds| pam| vpt| dqh| bos| kwb| ivn| rnn| izo| zee| gms| wma| cpq| cjd| gvw| wyg| nnr| tng| vfq| ria| snf| pas| sne| ior| yhf| tcv| zqy| rsm| gzz| dcp|