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Watergate Scandal: led to the resignation of President Richard M. Dixon

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Police caught five men trespassing inside the hotel and found them attempting to hide bugs, which are microphones used to secretly listen to conversations, inside these offices.

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The Washington Post reported that a $25,000 check intended for Nixon’s 1972 reelection campaign was deposited in the bank account of one of the Watergate burglars.

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President Nixon won reelection
FBI reported that the Watergate break-in was part of widespread spying and sabotage designed to help President Nixon win re-election.

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The scandal reaches the White House, as senior White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman resign over Watergate. Attorney General Richard Kleindienst also resigns, and John Dean, the White House counsel, gets fired.

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The U.S Senate Watergate Committee began court hearings on the Watergate Scandal.
When the Senate Watergate Committee and a case prosecutor asked to see the tapes that recorded President Nixon's conversations, Nixon refused to hand the tapes over.

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The House Judiciary Committee passed one of three articles required to impeach the President.

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The U.S. Supreme Court ordered Nixon to hand over tapes of 64 White House conversations.

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Nixon announced his resignation and it was the first time in history that a U.S. president had resigned.

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As a result of the Watergate Scandal, the presidency was passed on to Vice President Gerald R. Ford and titled as the 38th President of the U.S.