false... And he wasn't impeached, either.
It was called Watergate, after the hotel in Washington .
Richard Nixon was not impeached. Three articles of impeachment were drafted by Congress but the case never proceeded. Nixon resigned to make impeachment a moot point and Ford's pardon of Nixon made indictment impossible.
The break in took place at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Watergate - it was exposed by the Washington Post
Watergate
In 1974 Nixon resigned because of the Watergate Scandal.
Assured that the US Senate would vote to convict him, Richard Nixon resigned the Presidency on 9 August 1974 because of the watergate scandal. He was spying on the democrats during the election, which was illegal.
The cover up of the Watergate scandal.
The outcome of the Watergate scandal was the resignation of Richard Nixon.
Richard Nixon was never brought to trial for the Watergate scandal. Although he faced significant political pressure and was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1974, he resigned from the presidency before the Senate could conduct a trial. Subsequently, he was pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford, which prevented any legal proceedings against him related to the scandal.
In 1974 Nixon resigned because of the Watergate Scandal.