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in 1972 the Watergate governmental building was broken into by some guys and were caught tapping phones and hiding recording devices.

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after the guys were caught and taken into police custody Nixon tried to keep them quiet and the media blind. He used money from a donation to keep them from squealing.

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In 1972 Watergate hasn't been bombed to the public as something big so it goes under the rug. Nixion who is running for re-election is fearfull that he will lose but in a turn of events he slams the election

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What was the purpose of the break in and how was Nixon related?

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What was the purpose of the break in and how was Nixon related?

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The break in was done by some members of C.R.E.E.P. who helped Nixon in his upcoming re-election. Nixon ordered the break in to wiretap phones and steal documents but were caught when they returned to place microphones after a guard saw the tape on the door (they used it to get in).

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Going by the code name "Deepthroat" he released evidence that the breakin was related to Nixon and the press blew up. John Dean the white house council testified against Nixon saying he knew about it but Nixon said to "check the tapes" to hear what he said (The tapes were a series of recordings made in the white house with nixon's approval to make sure he knew what was going on). When the court asked for the tapes nixon gave all but 2 with the claim that they didn't exist.

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When the US supreme court ordered that nixon has to hand over those tapes that he claimed never existed. Congress also was looking into an impeachment for nixon for this whole scandal. With the writing on the wall getting largers and more apparent with even some of his republican bros telling jim impeachment is going to happen he quit.