watergate

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"My immediate thought is I've spent more interesting afternoons watching paint dry. I mean, this is a low-level committee. The Watergate hearings, it was not," he told BBC News.

From BBC

On June 18 Mr. McCartney celebrated his 30th birthday; the day before, five men had been arrested for breaking into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate.

From The Wall Street Journal

Richard M. Nixon faced almost certain indictment after the Watergate scandal forced his resignation in 1974, but his successor and former vice president, Gerald Ford, pardoned him.

From Washington Post

The memo reflected on a 1973 Office of Legal Counsel memo produced during Watergate titled "Amenability of the President, Vice President and other Civil Officers to Federal Criminal Prosecution while in Office."

From Salon

Mitchell was eventually convicted of conspiracy, perjury and obstruction of justice related to the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon.

From Seattle Times