The special prosecutor in the Watergate case concluded that:
- B. The president had tried to cover up a crime.
During the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s, it was revealed that President Richard Nixon and his administration had attempted to cover up their involvement in the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex. The special prosecutor's investigation uncovered evidence of this cover-up, leading to Nixon's resignation in 1974 to avoid facing impeachment.
