50 years of Watergate scandal
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It began with a burglary and ended with a U.S. president resigning.
The Watergate scandal began to unfold fifty years ago today.
It remains an important episode in American politics.
Many see shades of Watergate in the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
CGTN’s Jim Spellman reports.
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