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The outcome of the Watergate scandal was the resignation of Richard Nixon.
Watergate was a huge scandal when Nixon was president.
Watergate Gate scandal
the Iran-contra scandal
One of the legacies of the Watergate Scandal is people do not trust the government as much as they did before. It has also led to more transparency on the part of the government.
Due to his involvement in the Watergate Scandal.
The one that comes immediately to mine is Gerald Ford, who took over for Nixon after he resigned following the Watergate Scandal.
faced impeachment for his part in the Watergate scandal. (apex)
The Watergate scandal served the US presidency by displaying that the executive branch of the US government was subject to review and accountability. It provided evidence that no one was above the law and that illegal conduct had consequences.
In the midst of the Watergate scandal, Richard M. Nixon was the US president in March, 1973. The scandal would eventually cause him to resign in 1974 rather than be impeached. The irony of it all was that in the 1972 presidential election, Nixon had won one of the largest presidential landslide victories in US history.
One was that he simply wanted to cut taxes and improve the economy for America. He didn't have many domestic policies... Another is that he granted a pardon for President Nixon, in order to calm down conflicts, due to the Watergate Scandal.
Attorney General Mitchell resigned in disgrace. Nixon replaced Kliendest with Richardson, and the televised Senate Committee hearings led to Nixon's resignation one step ahead of an Impeachment indictment.