Martha Mitchell Wa the wife of John Mitchell. John was a partner in a law firm with Nixon and Nixon later appointed him to be the US Attorney General. Martha and John lived in the Watergate apartment complex. She was a popular socialite and appeared regularly on TV shows. She riffled through her husband’s paperwork and found evidence of the wiretapping/break in (among other things) and leaked in the info. She also ended up being kidnapped!
Anyway, her role in the scandal being discovered is larger than history credits.
Thank goodness there hasn't been any scandals since then. It's fixed!
Too true! I feel #blessed.