On June 17, 1972, five burglars were arrested at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex for attempting to wiretap office communications. The scandal resulted in the resignation of former President Richard Nixon after a series of investigations found he was involved in the operation.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was part of the impeachment inquiry staff. But decades later, some social media users are spreading false claims about her involvement.
A Facebook post shared over three years ago shows a black-and-white photo of Clinton next to other politicians.
"As a 27 year old staff attorney for the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate investigation, Hillary Rodham was fired by her supervisor, lifelong Democrat Jerry Zeifman," reads text above the image.
The post claims Zeifman said in an interview that he fired Clinton because she was "an unethetical, dishonest lawyer."
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The post generated close to 1,000 shares after being published in February 2019, and it has recently regained traction on Facebook. Similar posts have spread widely on the platform.
But the claim is wrong on multiple fronts, as independent fact-checking organizations have reported. Zeifman was not Clinton's direct supervisor, and Judiciary Committee records indicate Clinton was not fired...
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