TIME Covers Watergate

Jan. 7, 1974: Judge J. Sirica, Man of the Year
More than any other event, it was the multifaceted Watergate affair, the worst political scandal in U.S. history, that dominated the news in 1973. As it gradually unfolded, involving more and more areas of President Richard Nixon's Administration, it revealed a shocking disdain for both the spirit and the letter of the law at the highest levels of Government.
From: Standing Firm for the Primacy of Law, Jan. 7, 1974

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