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The '''Watergate Scandal''' was a political scandal leading to President Richard M. Nixon's resignation. It began when members of the campaign to reelect [[Richard Nixon]] spied on the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel during the 1972 presidential election. What might have been no more than an embarrassing scandal blew up when it transpired that White House officials and Nixon himself were engaged in trying to cover up these events. Nixon resigned when it became clear that Congress was likely to impeach him for obstruction of justice.  

The '''Watergate Scandal''' was a political scandal leading to President Richard M. Nixon's resignation. It began when members of the campaign to reelect [[Richard Nixon]] broke into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel during the 1972 presidential election. Nixon had no prior knowledge of the burglary plans, nor gave consent to the escapade, yet his loyalty to subordinates led to Nixon consenting to cover up activities and transferring money from the Presidential election campaign fund to pay for the legal defense of those who were invovled. Nixon resigned when it became clear he had lost support within his own party and Congress was likely to impeach him for obstruction of justice.  

==The tapes==

==The tapes==