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Watergate: Watergate Office Building
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Watergate is the popular name for the political scandal and constitutional crisis that began with the arrest (June 17, 1972) of five burglars who broke into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office building. It ended with the resignation (Aug. 9, 1974) of President Richard M. Nixon.
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The Watergate Office Building was sold in 2005 by Trizec Properties to Bentley Forbes, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm run by Fred Wehba, for $86.5 million. The complex, consisting of the buildings at 2500, 2600, and 2650 Virginia Ave. NW and 600 and 700 New Hampshire Ave. NW, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 21, 2005.
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June 17, 1972 Watergate office complex security guard Frank Wills calls the police after discovering evidence of an on-going burglary. Five men are arrested while attempting to repair the surveillance equipment at Democratic National Committee headquarters.
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The Watergate complex was developed by the Italian firm Società Generale Immobiliare, which purchased the 10 acres which constitute the plot of land on the defunct Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in the early 1960s for 10 million US Dollars. Italian architect Luigi Moretti designed the six buildings on the site: a hotel, two office buildings, three apartment buildings and a retail center.
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In the trial, Liddy counsel, John B. Williams sought to prove that the Watergate call-girl theory was grounded in fact. He introduced a report showing that one of the burglars was carrying a key to Wells' desk at the time of the arrest and offered circumstantial evidence linking a high-class prostitution ring at the Columbia Plaza Apartments to the DNC at the nearby Watergate office complex. In his closing arguments on July 3rd., Williams concluded that the many dueling versions of Watergate should continue to be freely and openly debated without fear of lawsuits. Liddy said he was convinced by Len Colodny, author of "Silent Coup," that Dean was behind the burglary. After visiting Colodny for four days and reviewing paperwork, Liddy said he realized he had been out of the loop. This is Liddy's third victory in the case.
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During the night of June 17, 1972, five burglars broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC. Investigation into the break-in exposed a trail of abuses that led to the highest levels of the Nixon administration and ultimately to the President himself. President Nixon resigned from office under threat of impeachment on August 9, 1974.
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