In 1972, one of the largest scandals in United States history occurred. This constitutional crisis was called the Watergate Scandal. The Watergate scandal consisted of a series of court cases and the initial break in of the Watergate Hotel Democratic offices, it was also said to help President Nixon into re-election. There were many suspicions against Nixon and his government partners but the blame instantly was on the five men arrested for the break in. The Watergate Scandal trials occurred through 1972-1974, when Nixon, close to being impeached, eventually resigned from the presidency.
Some of the burglars had ties to people in his administration and Nixon tried to minimize the damage to his personnel. The cover up was known as “Watergate.” It refers to an order of events, over a two year period, with Nixon’s administration abusing their power toward the goal of being sneaky towards the political opposition in the public. Investigations uncovered many unethical and illegal activities by people close to Nixon. The court ordered release of the tape in August 1974 with the prospect of impeachment for Nixon and he resigned only four days later on August 9. Deep throat informed the Washington Post
US History Watergate was a major political incident that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. It all starts when Nixon's campaign committee sent some former CIA guys into the Watergate Complex, to bug the telephones of the Democratic national Committee Chairman. During the investigations surrounding the Watergate affair, it was discovered that Nixon was taping everything said in the Oval Office, and his trying to destroy evidence, and refusal to give up the tapes Congress subpoenaed, was what really lost him all support from his party, and supporters. Howard Baker was the VP of Senate Watergate Committee. He is Tennessee's first popularly elected Republican senator, Baker served as vice chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee.
Then the Lower House (House of Representatives) adopted three articles of impeachment against Nixon for his crimes. Instead of having the case go the Senate for trial, Nixon resigned from office. So U.S.S.C. checked president, and House of Reps. also checked president. Executive Privilege: Confidential communications between the president and his advisers do not have to be disclosed.
Seven conspirators were indicted on charges related to the Watergate affair. By the time of these indictments, many people had begun to suspect that Nixon was involved in Watergate. Some of Nixon’s aides testified before a grand jury about the president’s involvement in Watergate. They also testified that Nixon had secretly taped every conversation that took place in the Oval Office. Those tapes would prove President Nixon’s guilt.
The Watergate Scandal was an accurate reflection of growing corruption in campaigning tactics and the government as a whole. Use the documents and your knowledge of the period to construct your essay. Document A Document B Document C Document D Document E Document F Document G Document H ----------------------- Source: Woodward and Bernstein Watergate article, 1972 (Source: WashingtonPost.com) According to Shipley, Segretti said that the undercover work would require false identification papers under an assumed name; that Shipley recruit five more persons, preferably lawyers, for the job; that they would attempt to disrupt the schedules of Democratic candidates and obtain information from their campaign organizations; that Shipley would not reveal to Segretti the names of the men he would hire; and that Segretti could never reveal to Shipley specifically who was supplying the money for the operation. Shipley recalled in a telephone interview: "I said, 'How in hell are we going to be taken care of if no one knows what we're doing?' and Segretti said: 'Nixon knows that
Watergate Scandal LaToya R. Williams History 145 January 5, 2012 Watergate Scandal "Five Held in Plot to Bug Democratic Offices Here," said the headline at the bottom of page one in the Washington Post on Sunday, June 18, 1972. The story reported that a team of burglars had been arrested inside the offices of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate office complex in Washington. (Lewis, 1972, pA01) This was the opening line to the Washington Post newspaper after the men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters of the Watergate complex. This signified the beginning of political scandal widely known as the Watergate scandal. The Watergate scandal included the president’s staff as
The President went forward to accuse the Democrats for conspiring to remove him from office because he had refused to boost their high support prices. Consequently, he admitted for not supervising his campaign staff adequately thereby leading to the Watergate scandal. During the televised speech, the President was noted to be nervous and was even misspelling some of his words but he still managed to control himself and plead his
In January 1973 the seven indicted men were tried before the U.S. District court in Washington, D.C. Five had plead guilty and two were convicted of illegal wiretapping, burglary, and conspiracy. American’s began to notice the possibility of the break-in being a part of a program of espionage which caused the U.S. Senate to conduct an investigation. When the senate had discovered that Nixon had been recording all phone conversations that were held in the oval office, there was no longer a way to cover up the scandal which had occurred. When the people have an administration under a President accused of being part of a cover-up of criminal activity, it shakes their faith in government and leads to a questioning of the morals of their leaders. (Leanne Belair, 2007) On August 8, 1974 Nixon had resigned as president of the United States to avoid being the first president being convicted in a Senate impeachment trial.
The director thought of the activist leader as a threat to America’s security. His character was criticized, increasing the doubt and self worth upon King around the time he was to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (Branch 104). His personal activities were targeted by the FBI, including his use of liquor and involvement with women. Such things were utilized to discredit the leader. The FBI found that the subject of communist influence was extremely significant in racial matters.