Richard Nixon And Bob Woodward

1972 – 1974: Watergate Scandal: In June, 1972, Police arrested five men who broke into the the Democratic National Committee Office in the Watergate District of Washington, D.C. When further investigated, two more men were arrested. Following a background check, it was revealed that the men belonged to a committee to re-elect the president. It was also revealed that men were paid by the committee and the committee was controlled by the people who work in the White House. This information was gathered by the Washington Post, which had an FBI informant, nicknamed “Deep Throat.” The investigation revealed that some of Nixon’s closest advisors may be involved in the scandal. Nixon was also thought to be involved as the investigation proceeded. During Senate hearings, Nixon denied an affiliation with the scandal, but it was revealed that Nixon recorded every conversation in this office. After refusing to hand-over the tapes, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to do so. He did turnover the tapes, however there were minutes missing from the recordings. Congress drew up the Articles of Impeachment to impeach Nixon, but he decided to resign before he was

In late June 17, 1972 two robbers were caught inside the office of the Democratic National Committee. These two were caught red handed wiretapping phones and stealing secret documents. These two burglars where somehow connected to Nixon and his reelection campaign. Thus, a long line of bad decisions led to Nixon’s downfall. He tried to raise “hush money” for the burglars to keep the FBI from investigating the crime. Nixon went as far as to destroy evidence and fire unwilling employees who were against the cover up. When all this was made to public light in 1974, Nixon resigned from

In their conversation, which is written in Dennis Lythgoe’s article “Tapes Show Nixon Weighed Pros and Cons of Hush Money”, Dean said “it would take one million dollars” to pay off the five men, “an amount that would be hard to raise.” Nixon replied, “you could get a million dollars. You could get it in cash. I know where it could be gotten. It is not easy, but it could be done.” The president’s own words proved that he was involved with the break-in and that he used “hush money” to keep witnesses silent. Another tape recording, called the “smoking gun”, uncovered Nixon’s exploitation of the CSI. In the tape, Nixon plans to have Richard Helms, the Director of the CIA, and Vernon A. Walters, the Deputy Director of the CIA, call the Director of the CIA, Patrick Gray, and demand that he stop the Watergate investigation. This crime was more severe than the “hush money” crime, and it was the prime reason Nixon was charged with obstruction of justice.

Richard Nixon was the United States 37th President during 1969 to 1974 where he ultimately resigned from office due to the Watergate Scandal. During his presidency, June of 1972, five males broke into the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Complex and attempted to steal top secret files about the running Democratic parties for the upcoming election. The fourth attempt to break-in (one previous break-in succeeding but not accomplishing the goal) had been planned by Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy at the hand of the Committee to Reelect the President, Nixon's campaign committee. Mitchell was the key approver for the break-in to take place. They were unsuccessful due to the security guard working that night discovering many of the

On June 17,1972, five thieves, who were correlated with the reelection campaign of Richard Nixon, were arrested at the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. The five men were caught in the middle of trying to steal classified documents and wire tape phones in the office of the Democratic National Committee. Although, Richard Nixon denied any connection to the incident, it was later revealed that Nixon had been dishonest. Not only was hush-money prepared to be given to the the prowlers, Richard had delayed the FBI investigation of the crime. Nixon had also tried to fire a prosecutor who kept pestering the president for tapes of the conversations that had taken place in the Oval Office. Due to the fact that all of these were, “an abuse of presidential

Beginning the night of June 16, 1972, and continuing on into the wee hours of the morning on June 17, Nixon and his seven associate-burglars—G. Gordan Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, James McCord, Bernard Barker, Virgilio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martinez, and Frank Sturgis—attempted to break in to the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, with the intent to use phone bugs and photos to provide Nixon, a Republican, with information that would hopefully secure him the victory in the 1972 presidential election (Anderson 8-10). To begin, the burglars placed tape on stairway doors, preventing them from locking, allowing them to make an easy exit, the first of many mistakes (Cruden 16). Armed with walkie-talkies and

Richard Nixon was a widely accepted president before the Watergate break-in which changed American views on government forever. The Watergate Scandal started when five men, Frank Sturgis, Bernard Barker, Virgilio Gonzalez, James McCord, and Eugenio Martinez known as CREEP, broke into the Watergate complex in order to bug the office with microphones to hear the plans for the upcoming election. However this plan backfired when the five men were arrested leading investigations to trace back to the White House and later President Nixon. Watergate was the largest government scandal in American history, affecting the lives of Americans, their trust in government, and forced the only resignation of a U.S. President.

The break-in was initially labelled as a “third-rate burglary” by the White House Press, and the 1972 election passed seamlessly, results uninfluenced by the event. In fact, Nixon was re-elected with the largest popular vote landslide in history. However, as the trial of the Watergate burglary progressed, it soon became evident that the event originated within the White House. One of the men, James McCord was a retired CIA agent, and another, E. Howard Hunt, was a former CIA operative and consultant to the Nixon White House. Another man identified as G. Gordon Liddy, the general counsel to Nixon’s “Committee to Re-elect the President.” Several months after the incident, Nixon was ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court to hand over the tapes which continuously recorded conversations inside the Oval Office. Knowing

November 5th, 1968: Richard Nixon was elected the 37th president. In 1971, in the response to the leak of the “Pentagon papers” which were about the Vietnam War that went into detail that nobody in the public knew. President Nixon authorized a creation of special investigators known as the “White House Plumbers”. The investigators included, Bernard Barker, Virgilio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martinez, Frank Sturgis, and James W. McCord Jr. Nixon told John Ehrlichman who was the White House chief domestic adviser “If we can 't get anyone in this damn government to do something about leaks, then by God we 'll do it ourselves. I want you to set up a little group right here in the White House. Have them get off their tails and find out what’s going on and figure out how to stop it.” .” On May 28th, 1972,

Five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in June of 1972. There was an investigation by the FBI which discovered a connection between

In the Summer of 1974, President Richard M. Nixon and seven of the President’s administration staff were tried for refusing to turn in audio recordings from within the Oval Office. Nixon claimed immunity from the grand jury with “executive privilege,” this means you don’t have to give information to other branches of government to protect the country. This all began with President Nixon’s cover-up of the break in of the Watergate hotel in Washington, D.C., Nixon hired seven men to break into the Democratic headquarters to perform a wiretap; they were caught and arrested by the police. It came to be that the seven men knew people within the Committee to Re-elect the President.

Archibald Cox was appointed special prosecutor for Watergate in May of 1973 (Feinstein 39). Nixon had previously taped White House conversations and had Cox fired when asked to turn in these tapes (Feinstein 39). Clearly, Nixon had something to hide. According to “Watergate,” from July 10 through July 12 of 1973, former Attorney General Mitchell testified in court. He confessed that he helped cover up the scandal to save Nixon 's reelection. Mitchell also revealed the "plumbers,” which were a secret White House group created to stop information leakage involving President Nixon (Watergate (1973)). The information that surfaced during the trial always led back to Nixon.

The infamous Watergate Scandal was the first of its kind; occurring in June of the year 1972, several robbers were taken into police custody inside the office of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), established in the Watergate building in Washington, D.C. This break in was out of the ordinary, however, because the burglars were tied to former U.S. President, Richard Nixon's reelection campaign, and they had been caught during their attempt to wiretap phone lines and steal classified documents (History.com Staff). Even though it is unknown whether or not Nixon was aware of the Watergate infiltration before it occurred, many people believe he was involved due to steps he took to cover it up afterward. Nixon raised "hush money" for the robbers, in an effort to end the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from investigating the crime that had occurred (History.com Staff.). Nixon is also accused of destroying evidence and firing staff members that he thought to be uncooperative. In August 1974, after his role in Watergate Scandal had been brought to the public's attention, President Nixon resigned from office. His successor, former U.S. President Gerald Ford, immediately pardoned Nixon for the crimes he "committed or may have committed" while he was still in office (History.com Staff.). "Although Nixon was never

The Watergate Scandal was political problem that occurred in the United States during the 1970s. On June 17, 1972 a break in occurred at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Office Complex in Washington, D.C. Nixon's administration attempted cover up of its involvement. In the morning of June 17 1972, a couple of burglars were caught and arrested inside the of the Democratic National Committee, located at the Watergate building in Washington D.C. this was no ordinary robbery. The robbers were connected to the United States president Richard Nixon re election campaign, and they were caught trying to wiretap the phones. The robbers who tried to wiretap the phones were not successful. more robbers broke into the

McCord Jr. broke into the Democratic National Committee’s offices at the Watergate complex. Felt, now second in command, was asked to be in charge of the FBI’s investigation in the burglary and to determine if there was any White House involvement. Two Washington Post reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, discovered the burglary was bigger than just a burglary. They began to ask for details from Mark Felt. Felt then decided to go under the name of “Deep Throat,” in order to give information without his identity known. Felt, or Deep Throat, revealed to Woodward and Bernstein that Howard Hunt, former CIA agent and a Nixon staff member was involved in the Watergate scandal. This lead in the investigation led to the journalist revealing one of the biggest political scandals in history. The information given to Woodward and Bernstein by “Deep Throat” helped reveal the secrets of the Nixon administration and this eventually led to Nixon being the first president to ever resign from office. During this time, “Deep Throat” was not revealed to the public until May 31,