History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2148 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Break-In
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The idea
On the night of June seventeenth, nineteen seventy-two, police arrested five men inside the Democratic National Committee's offices in the Watergate complex in Washington.
In practice
Burglars working for the Committee to Re-Elect the President.
Where people slip
The Yawp says there is no direct evidence Nixon ordered the break-in, but tapes record him asking for the DNC chairman to be illegally wiretapped.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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