What was the primary reason behind the Watergate break-in in 1972?

What was the primary reason behind the Watergate break-in in 1972?

(A) Nixon wanted to purge his administration of possible communist in filtration.

(B) CREEP wanted to spy on the Democratic Party.

(C) President Nixon wanted to recapture the leaked Pentagon Papers.

(D) Th e FBI was monitoring the Democratic Party’s election campaign.

(E) Nixon wanted to fake a break-in of his campaign headquarters to gain public support.