Question

What did Nixon do during Watergate that was

illegal?

a. He bribed a jury so that five burglars would be freed
b. He covered up evidence of criminal wrongdoing
c. He broke into the Democratic Party headquarters
d. He spied on Democratic candidate George McGovern
pls help

Answer 1

The metonym 'Watergate' came to encompass an array of clandestine and often illegal activities undertaken by members of the Nixon administration, including bugging the offices of political opponents and people of whom Nixon or his officials were suspicious; ordering investigations of activist groups

Answer 2

the answer is, b. he covered up evidence of criminal wrongdoing.