{"id":15158,"date":"2022-06-17T13:21:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T11:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=209988"},"modified":"2022-06-17T13:41:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T11:41:08","slug":"watergate-at-50-the-making-of-an-american-scandal","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/watergate-at-50-the-making-of-an-american-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Watergate at 50: the making of an American scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Matt Elton\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 17 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Half a century on from the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/20th-century\/brief-guide-watergate-scandal-president-nixon-what-happened\/&quot;\">Watergate scandal<\/a>, Clifford Williamson explores its twists and turns, its key players, and its lasting impact on American politics. 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