Nixon And The Watergate Scandal

In the 1970’s, America not only witnessed the worst political scandal of the twentieth century, but also one of the most successful acts of investigative journalism to ever be done in America. The Watergate Scandal included a series of illegal activities initiated by members of President Nixon’s administration, the most significant crime being the break in and wiretapping of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972. CREEP (Committee to Reelect the President) funded these illegal projects by hiring people like the White House Plumbers to carry on missions to stop the leaking of classified information. The Watergate Scandal’s origins lay in the Fielding and DNC Headquarter’s break in, then the illegal activities were uncovered

In the months before Charles Colson was charged with being involved in Watergate. He had served President Nixon Ford faithfully for three years. His eager behavior was effect and efficient resulting in a trusting relationship between him and Nixon. Colson was not involved in Watergate and had no previous knowledge about before it happened. Colson tried to explain that he did not play a role in Watergate but his accusers did not listen. Colson was sentenced to prison.

Among them would be Bob Bernstein, and Carl Woodward, reporters for The Washington Post. They used a background source “Deep Throat” to uncover the relationship between the scandal and the White House. “Deep Throat” later announced was W.Mark Felt. The Senate makes a special committee that nominated Archibald Cox to head the special investigations. James D St. Clair was appointed to be Nixon’s defense counsel. Startling information shocked the nation. There was a check of $25000 in one of the burglar’s bank account. Archibald then learns that Nixon taped all his conversations in the white house. Archibald demanded tapes but Nixon denied. Archibald was getting close to uncovering the case so Nixon demanded him to be fired. He demanded Attorney General Richardson but he protested and resigned. Next in line was Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus who also protested and resigned. Finally, Solicitor General Robert Bork carried out orders. John Sirica, a judge and he also realized not all the pieces of the puzzle were put together.

Never fear! We’ve got Chuck! Those were the words that were whispered into everyone’s thoughts. Although they knew he was just human, he seemed to be invisible. He was the president’s personal guide and advisor, and he always seemed to know just what to do to get what he wanted. He would do anything, from persuading judges, to climbing over his own grandmother. However, when the Watergate mess happened, he was absolutely no match for what was about to happen. Although he put up a good fight, in the end he was forced, and advised, to plead guilty at the following trial. Although the majority of his friends advised him to do as such, he had others that were angry with his decision. Chuck Colson should have pleaded guilty in the following trial because he had become a better man, it would be the best thing that he could do, and it was too late to do anything else.

Nixon used his authority to access official documents to benefit himself. He damaged the way people say him as a person. He was supposed to be someone that America was supposed to trust but never question. Investigations proved years of political espionage and illegal surveillance. Instead of reviving the ultimate price of injustice in office, impeachment, Nixon chose to resign and further lost the respect of the American public. The crime in acted on that day made citizens question the leadership of their country and the measures their leaders will go to for themselves. The coward decision that Nixon chose to take and end his presidency and not accept full responsibility of his infidelities truly showed the abuse of power that took place during his years of presidency.

As time progressed and the investigation began to uncover the truth about what transpired at the Watergate apartment complex several things became evident: most of the burglars were ex-CIA and ex-FBI personnel, the burglars were paid with money directly from the re-election campaign and President Nixon not only knew about and sanctioned the break-in but deliberately attempted to cover it up. When called before Congress to testify about his knowledge, White House staffer John Dean testified that Nixon and his aides attempted to “stonewall” the investigation. As Congress continued its inquiry, it became clear

After the Watergate scandal, Nixon was not trusted by the people and congress. In his speech Nixon announced, “ it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing that effort” (Passage 1 Paragraph 2). This describes Congress not trusting Nixon, because Nixon does not have a strong political base with them. Nixon is sure that, “because of the of the Watergate matter”, he won’t have the needed support from Congress (Passage 1 Paragraph 5). This describes how the Watergate incident made Nixon untrustworthy, because Nixon strongly believes the Congress will not support him after the scandal.

The system of checks and balances did not work well during the Watergate affair. The president was not sent to prison and Gerald Ford became the president when he shouldn’t have but the part that went well was when Nixon got caught and resigned. The president got away with the crime when others who were involved did not.

Yes, Richard Nixon being condemned a villain for the unethical political activities he participated in while he was the president of United States is accurate. A few years ago I read a book about “Deepthroat” or as we know today as the man called W. Mark Felt, the former FBI Associate Director ("History News Network | Deep Throat: Was What He Did Unprecedented?"). The Watergate Scandal was not an isolated incident of espionage by President Nixon; not only did he illegally wiretap the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate hotel and office complex, but he also spied on the White house staff, John Kerry, John Lennon and many other people that he felt it was a necessity to keep unauthorized tabs on for his own purpose ("History News Network | Deep Throat: Was What He Did Unprecedented?").

All the President's Men is a book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. The book discussed what happened to President Nixon in the Watergate Scandal from Bernstein and Woodward's point of view. The Watergate Scandal was a significant part of presidential history. This even would result in Nixon's resignation and what would have been his guaranteed impeachment. The Watergate Scandal took an impact on politics as a whole. Politicians are known as "liars" and people who keep secrets from the public. The Watergate Scandal is something Nixon can never make up for, but will always beremembered for.

Nixon. It was clearly a ‘painful decision’ for the Tribune's editors, most of whom know the president personally” (1974, May 14). This statement is based on the fact that the Chicago Tribune’s Editorial was calling for the president to leave the office due to the Watergate affair. What was also mentioned was the fact that most if not all of the editors knew the president personally, and it appears that they were all on board to quickly to impeach the president. Dean Burch goes on to report, mostly in Nixon’s defense, that the president faces many decisions every day that affect all the lives in America, and he made the correct decision to open a full investigation into the Watergate scandal. One key question is also brought up: “Did Richard Nixon do wrong?” (1974, May 14). From reading this article it appears that the writer was looking at what the president was thinking and doing as a whole, not just speculate and ridicule him on just one topic. The article also references that “Like all good presidents, he is not perfect” (1974, May 14), by that statement if is clear that there were many other aspects of the situation that was not being recognized by the Chicago Tribune.

President Richard Nixon's Watergate Scandal is one of the most controversial court cases to this date. He was the first president to ever resign from office and caused the American trust in the government to suffer. Did Richard Nixon really have something to hide? Did the Supreme court make the right decision? Was the case handled in the most sufficient way? Whether one agrees with the outcome of Nixon vs. United States or not, this case left a mark on American history and shouldn't lessen trust in the American Government. The case was treated just as equally as any other case and went through the long Judicial practice as stated in the Constitution.

The second reason Chuck should have pleaded guilty is because he ached for truth. When Chuck conversed with his dad about Watergate, his dad always inquired whether Chuck continues to recount the truth. The once untruthful man informed his dad that he has confessed the truth about Watergate. His dad smiled happily before moving on to different business. His dad felt proud that his son continued to declare the truth. Furthermore, nobody enjoys it when somebody lies to them. People enjoy the truth rather than falsehoods. Therefore, if Chuck recounts his knowledge of Watergate many people will look up to him because he confessed the truth. In fact, the judge might announce a lighter sentence because Chuck told the truth. All of these reasons obviously show that the former dishonest man ached to tell the truth to the

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When you think of Nixon, you think of corruption and the Watergate scandal. Watergate was the downfall and destruction of Nixon, it included creating enemy list,