I posted earlier about a gut feeling I had to dig into the Bob Dole connection. This is the first time since Nixon that "(something)Gate was used to describe a major political/criminal scandal. It just so happens that Senator Robert Dole of Kansas was one of the tenants that night at the Watergate hotel in 1972.
It is not a coincidence that he received the Congressional Gold Medal today, just hours prior to today's main event. I'm re-reading All The Presidents Men to see if anything else jumps out at me. So far, it's been these connections:
-use of "SomethingGate" scandal reference
-Bob Dole
-DNC
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Washington post (carl Bernstein & Bobwoodward)
I'll keep reading. Mod please assist if you'd prefer this had its own thread so as not to clutter.