Democracy’s darkest moment: the Watergate scandal

It was famously described by the White House press secretary as a “third-rate burglary,” but it brought down a presidency. On the night of June 17, 1972, five men were arrested for allegedly breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in an office and hotel complex whose name has become synonymous with political scandal: the Watergate.
Over the course of more than two years — driven by relentless digging by two young Washington Post reporters, Bob Woodward and