Gaslit will tell the untold story of the Watergate scandal and focuses on lesser-known figures involved which led to President Richard Nixon’s downfall.
The Watergate scandal was a major political event which took place during and after the 1972 presidential election. The Washington Post, a major newspaper in America, reported that Republican Richard Nixon, who was running for president against Democrat George McGovern, was behind the break-in into the offices of the Democratic Party months before the election.
They listened to phone lines and secret papers were stolen. Nixon lost the trust of the public because of the scandal and therefore resigned in 1974.
