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C.R.E.E.P is the group that broke into Watergate. This group is a group of republicans that try to get a republican president elected. Before the Watergate break-in they would send liquor, pizzas or prostitutes to Democratic events to try and ruin them.

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June 17th members of C.R.E.E.P broke into the democratic office in the watergate building. Creep members broke into filing cabinets, they took photos of Democratic people's personal files. They were arrested after a security guard noticed tape on the door and flashlights in the office window.

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Nixon was president then. He told Americans he had no idea that creep broke in. But he established creep to win reelection by putting dirt on the democratic party.

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John Dean was a former attorney at the white house for Nixon. He tried to cover up the watergate scandal and testified to Congress as a witness. Dean pleaded guilty to obstruction against justice because he was caught paying the bulgares hush money.

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Alexander Butterfield wiretapped Nixon's office. The President found out and said he did not have to give the tapes up because he's the president so they are his. When he finally had to give the tapes up. There was a chunk missing from one tape and the last two tapes he did not give. Nixon claimed the secretary accidentally deleted that clip of the tape and that the last two tapes never existed.

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With so much evidence that Nixon was involved in the watergate scandal and him not giving over the last tapes he was brought to the Supreme Court.

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The Saturday Massacre was when Nixon fired his prosecutor. Cox kept hounding him to release the last tapes. Nixon wanted to fire Cox but the attorney general and the assistant attorney refused the fire Cox. Nixon took it to himself to fire Cox himself. This made people think he thought he was above the law.

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Even during the watergate scandal Nixon's reelection he won in a landslide. Democratic only won 1 state and then 1 city, this was even more of a landslide than his 1st election. Nixon was shocked to win because he was nervous watergate would have to big of a effect on his reelection.

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Deepthroat was a man who provided evidence to pin watergate on Nixon. Who revealed years later on his deathbed that his name was Mark Felt. He told the F.B.I to meet in an underground garage for information.

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Nixon was started to be impeached. The supreme court voted him off. But before he could be officially impeached, he decided to resign even after he just won re-election. He was in the supreme court for obstruction of justice, abuse of power and tax fraud.