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Article: Nixon, Resignation of
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NIXON, RESIGNATION OF
NIXON, RESIGNATION OF.
On 9 August 1974, Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency of the United States as a result of his involvement in the Watergate scandal. He remains the only president ever to resign the office.
On 17 June 1972, burglars working for Nixon's reelection campaign were arrested breaking into Democratic party headquarters at the Watergate building in Washington, D.C. For the next two years, Nixon and his top aides concealed information from prosecutors and the public about the break-in and related illegal activities. Eventually Senate hearings, the burglars' trials, and investigative reporting unearthed evidence that suggested Nixon had ...