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
Answer: B
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