Why DOJ Is Reviewing the Watergate Investigation More Than 50 Years Later

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  More than 50 years after Watergate, the Justice Department is reviewing how prosecutors handled the case.

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  It's Thursday, October 1st.

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  I'm Alex Oselev for The Wall Street Journal.

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  This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

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  It's been more than 50 years since the Watergate scandal that led President Richard Nixon to resign.

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  Now, the Justice Department is looking back at the case.

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  The Journal has learned that the department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office

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  that investigated the break-in back in the 70s committed misconduct.

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  For more, I'm joined now by WSJ White House reporter Philip Wegman.

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  Phil, what is the DOJ looking at?

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