In this abuse of power covered up b nixon and a group of white house officials an espionage team plugged leaks by pying on reporters and their suspected sources inside the government what was the name of this espionage team

"The White House Plumbers"

"The Plumbers," as they were commonly termed, were a White House Special Investigations Unit, established by President Richard Nixon in July, 1971.  This was a reaction after Daniel Ellsberg had leaked what became known as The Pentagon Papers to the New York Times, and the Times began publishing excerpts from them in June, 1971.

Members of the Plumbers unit were responsible for the Watergate break-ins that resulted in the scandal that eventually brought down the Nixon presidency.