Let’s get the Watergate cliché out of the way first. It isn’t “always the cover-up” that gets you into trouble. Failing to tell the truth about Downing Street parties may have been unacceptable. SponsoredThe Watergate break-in was only one in a series of covert operations. Coming clean when the burglars were caught would have involved admitting White House involvement not just in Watergate but, at a very senior level, in earlier crimes.

Source: The Times January 12, 2022 06:49 UTC