In 1973, the year following Nixon’s re-election, the Watergate burglars testified that
they had decided on their own to commit the break-in.
the president had ordered the break-in.
the president had been unaware of their actions.
they had been employed by Nixon’s re-election campaign.

The Watergate scandal was a major federal political scandal in the United States involving the administration of United States President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that resulted in the end of Nixon's presidency.

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