Watergate
Conspiracy theories tagged "Watergate."
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Confirmed
Watergate — The Conspiracy That Toppled a President
The confirmed conspiracy in which President Nixon's administration broke into DNC offices, covered it up, and triggered the only presidential resignation.
1972 · United States · Richard Nixon, G. Gordon Liddy, Howard Hunt
Unresolved
J. Edgar Hoover Murdered for His Files
Hoover died on May 2, 1972 — five weeks before Watergate. He ran the FBI for 48 years, kept blackmail files on every president, and his death was suspiciously convenient. Natural causes? Maybe.
1972-05-02 · United States · J. Edgar Hoover, Richard Nixon, Clyde Tolson
Confirmed
The Huston Plan — Nixon's Secret Surveillance Program
In 1970, Nixon approved a plan authorizing warrantless wiretapping, mail opening, and domestic burglaries against antiwar groups. It was so extreme that J. Edgar Hoover — a man who ran COINTELPRO — killed it.
1970-07-23 · United States · Tom Charles Huston, Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover