Richard Nixon's crime in the Watergate scandal was ____________________.
A) taping conversations in the Oval Office without the permission of those being taped
B) obstruction of justice, because he ordered the CIA to stop the FBI's investigation of the break-in at the offices of the Democratic National Committee
C) directly ordering the Plumbers to tap George McGovern's phones
D) hiring illegal aliens to play dirty tricks on the unexpectedly strong third party headed by George Wallace

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Nixon's crime in the Watergate scandal was obstruction of justice, because he ordered the CIA to stop the FBI's investigation of the break-in at the offices of the Democratic National Committee. While Nixon did tape conversations in the Oval Office without permission, this alone was not illegal. Directly ordering the Plumbers to tap George McGovern's phones and hiring illegal aliens to play dirty tricks on George Wallace's third party are not accurate descriptions of Nixon's crimes in the Watergate scandal.

Richard Nixon's Crime in the Watergate Scandal Was ____________________