Why did a break-in at the Watergate office building turn into a major political scandal?

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The press was opposed to Nixon's policies so Woodward and Bernstein wrote an exposé of his behavior.

This was a quiet period in both the domestic and foreign arenas, so the case got a lot of attention.

The Democrats were the party in power in Congress and they wanted to remove Nixon.

The cover-up involved criminal activities and obstruction of justice by the president of the United States.

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Phillip Buck · Answer 1

The answer is a cover-up involved criminal activities and obstruction of justice by the president of the United States.