Why did a break-in at the Watergate office building turn into a major political scandal?

Question 5 options:

The press was opposed to Nixon's policies so Woodward and Bernstein wrote an exposé of his behavior.

The Democrats were the party in power in Congress and they wanted to remove Nixon.

The cover-up involved criminal activities and obstruction of justice by the president of the United States.

This was a quiet period in both the domestic and foreign arenas, so the case got a lot of attention.

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Why did a break-in at the Watergate office building turn into a major political scandal?

Question 5 options:

The press was opposed to Nixon's policies so Woodward and Bernstein wrote an exposé of his behavior.

The Democrats were the party in power in Congress and they wanted to remove Nixon.

The cover-up involved criminal activities and obstruction of justice by the president of the United States.

This was a quiet period in both the domestic and foreign arenas, so the case got a lot of attention.