To make sure he won the elcetion of 1972.
The late Richard Nixon was a member of the Republican Party.
charges that Nixon administration officials had been involved
Throughout Richard Nixon's presidency the Democratic Party controlled both Houses of Congress.
Richard Nixon was a member of the Republican Party.
Nixon's advisers ordered the break-in at the Democratic Party's headquarters to gather intelligence and obtain information that could be used to undermine the Democratic Party during the 1972 presidential campaign. They aimed to gain an advantage over their political opponents by wiretapping and spying on campaign strategies. This action was part of a broader culture of political espionage and manipulation that ultimately contributed to the Watergate scandal and Nixon's resignation.
Richard Nixon was a member of the Republican Party.
Hubert Humphrey was a Democratic senator from Minnesota who ran against and lost to Richard Nixon in 1968.
Nixon's own tapes showed that he authorized the payment of "hush money" to cover up the break-in at the Watergate Hotel (into Democratic Party Headquarters). The tapes did not provide evidence that Nixon had ordered or approved of the break-in itself.
Nixon was a Republican.
During the 1972 presidential campaign five men broke into the democratic party headquarters at the Watergate Complex.
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Nixon resigned in disgrace after trying to cover-up a politically inspired burglary at the Democratic campaign headquarters in the Watergate Hotel. The event was embarrassing because it reflected badly on American party politics and the entire American system of free elections.