The Watergate Scandal
- A
Centered on a 1972 flood at a federal records facility that destroyed evidence of campaign finance violations
- B
Centered on Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia in 1969 and led to his impeachment trial in the Senate in 1974
- C
Centered on a 1972 hotel theft of campaign funds by Democratic operatives that was quickly prosecuted and dismissed
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Centered on a 1972 break-in at the DNC headquarters and Nixon's cover-up; led to his resignation in August 1974
Explanation
The first U.S. presidential resignation; "I am not a crook" became infamous.