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ELI5: The Watergate Scandal to a Non-American.
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President of the United States found out that people working for his re-election, including highly placed members of the White House Staff, were involved in a break-in of the opposition political HQ.  After learning about this break-in, the President authorized an attempt to cover it up.

Wider issues:  President abused the power of his office by directing the CIA to interfere with the FBI, secretly taped conversations in the Oval Office then asserted that he could not be compelled to turn those recordings over to a judicial proceeding, and was responsible for a political operation that broke many laws while engaged in winning an election.