Watergate

"Watergate" was a short story by Mark Gordian. It was subsequently published as a novel. It told the story of a scandal surrounding a break-in at a hotel, and how that led to the resignation of United States President Cavanaugh.

Serious critics were describing in the same breath as the works of George Orwell. Senator Joseph McCarthy hated it.

In truth, the novel was written by a woman named Michelle Gordian, a time-traveler. She based her story on events surrounding Richard Nixon's scandal-ridden presidency over 20 years before it happened.