An alleged robbery that uncovered a spy ring, a Pulitzer-winning journalistic investigation and the only resignation of a US president. This was the Watergate scandal, which ended with the resignation of Richard Nixon five decades ago today. “It is the most famous case of political espionage, not only in the United States, but in any other nation,” says José Antonio Gurpegui, professor of North American Studies at the University of Alcalá. The video at the top of this news item is a review of the scandal that broke out with the alleged attempted robbery in the building housing the offices of the Democratic National Committee and which ended up involving the highest echelons of the Republican Party.
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