Denver, the capitol of and largest city in Colorado, is also know as the âMile High Cityâ due to it's elevation of 5,280 feet. Cities in the metro area also include Arvada, Aurora, Centennial, Lakewood, Thornton and Westminster.
On June 19, 1972, the press reported that one of the Watergate burglars was a Republican Party security aide. Former Attorney General John Mitchell, who at the time was the head of the Nixon re-election campaign (CRP), denied any involvement with the Watergate break-in or knowledge of the five burglars.
Five men who were key figures in the Watergate scandal and exposure were Richard Nixon, Judge John Sirica, John Mitchell, G. Gordon Libby, and Senator Sam Ervin.he resulting cover-up  became known as 'Watergate'.    The scandal came in the political context of the ongoing Vietnam  War, which had since Lyndon Johnson's presidency grown increasingly  unpopular with the American public.