EP 167: The Watergate Scandal (Part One)
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May 19, 2026 · 38 min · Season 17 · Episode 167
About this episode
This episode discusses the Watergate Scandal, detailing the events surrounding President Nixon's involvement and the subsequent investigation.
This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing the Watergate Scandal. This was an absolutely explosive political scandal that – sadly, pales in comparison to modern-day political scandals – but was truly monumental at the time, and continues to be to this day. That is because this was a political scandal that went all the way up to the top, proving that the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, had people on his team breaking into their opponent’s office – the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington DC, called the Watergate complex – in order to plant listening devices so that they could overhear their political strategies. It was all exposed by investigative journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of The Washington Post. But even still, Nixon was able to skirt responsibility for a period of time, even winning re-election in 1972. That was before the Senate investigation into Watergate took place, however, which exposed that Nixon was not only involved in the scandal from the onset but that he had also destroyed evidence and fired people that may have implicated him otherwise. Given this unlawful conduct and abuse of presidential power…
People in this episode
Host: Hashtag History
Topics covered
- Watergate Scandal
- political scandal
- Richard Nixon
- investigative journalism
- impeachment
- presidential power
Keywords
- Watergate
- Nixon
- political scandal
- impeachment
- investigative journalism
- Bob Woodward
- Carl Bernstein
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Washington Post, Democratic National Committee
Places: Washington DC
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