The Watergate scandal
The investigation that led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon in 1974.
Witness History · BBC World Service
October 28, 202011m 1s
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Show Notes
In 1973, the US Senate began an investigation which would eventually lead to Richard Nixon standing down as President a year later. Senator Howard Baker was on the Watergate committee. In 2013, he spoke to Louise Hidalgo.
(Photo: Senator Howard Baker (left), Senator Sam Irvin, Sam Dash, Senator Herman Talmadge. Credit: Gene Forte/Getty Images.)