Why did a break-in at the watergate office building turn into a major political scandal?

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the press was opposed to nixon's policies so woodward and bernstein wrote an exposé of his behavior.

this was a quiet period in both the domestic and foreign arenas, so the case got a lot of attention.

the democrats were the party in power in congress and they wanted to remove nixon.

the cover-up involved criminal activities and obstruction of justice by the president of the united states.