Watergate Scandal

They Had TenMillion Dollars When They Got Arrested After The Investagation

Right. If the president was above the law that would make him a king. A democracy doesn’t have a king or dictator so he is NOT above the law. Nixon tried to claim this as president when he sent the burglars into the Watergate building and it was proven he WASN’T above the law.

Larry O'Brien was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. His offices were the target of the famous break in. Richard Nixon eventually resigned from the Presidency because of this.

rufus edmisten was apart of the watergate committee and is still today

Yes, Virginia, there is a musical about Richard M. Noxon and the Watergate scandal . . . . or at least there was once upon a time. In the early fall of 1981, auditions for a show, which may or may not have been finished at the time (though the scripts from which we read appeared to be complete), were conducted in Atlanta, Georgia, on the Alliance Theater stage. It was to be called Watergate, the Musical. Those for whom actors and singers performed, whose names are lost to history, indicated that they planned a full equity production that would open "out of town" and then proceed to Broadway, sometime in 1982-83. How nearly those expectations were ultimately met is unknown but, subsequently, a woman named Cybelle Pomeroy claimed to have writen a musical play called Watergate! The Musical. She held auditions in Baltimore, but may or may not have managed to get the production on stage.

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein did not make significant personal profits directly from their reporting on the Watergate scandal. However, their work led to the publication of the book "All the President's Men," which became a bestseller and was later adapted into a successful film, generating substantial royalties and income for both journalists. The true impact of their reporting was more about its influence on journalism and politics than direct financial gain.

A burglary of Democratic Party headquarters

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The first of the Watergate burglars to confess that the break-in had been approved by top officials with the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP) was James McCord. During the trial, he revealed that the operation was sanctioned by higher-ups, which ultimately led to significant revelations about the scandal and its connection to the Nixon administration. McCord's confession played a crucial role in the unraveling of the Watergate cover-up.

In 1974 Nixon resigned because of the Watergate Scandal.

As a result of President Nixon refusing to hand over the Watergate tapes, the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Nixon (1974) that he had to comply with the subpoena and release the tapes. This decision was pivotal in the Watergate scandal, leading to the revelation of incriminating evidence against Nixon. Ultimately, the tapes contributed to the loss of political support and pressure for his resignation, which he announced on August 8, 1974.

As a Washington Post cub reporter, Bob Woodward was the first to write about the break-in at the Democratic Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel. As a team, Woodward and Carl Bernstein were the most persistent reporters to follow and uncover the Nixon administration's shenanigans that became known as the Watergate Scandal, which eventually led to the only resignation of a United States president.

Headquarters of the democratic national committee

Senator Sam Ervin, Democrat of North Carolina, was chairman of the Senate Select Special Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities. This is the committee that did the investigative work looking into the activities of all the players in what became known as the the Watergate Scandal.

Nixon resigned as president due to Watergate while facing the threat of impeachment. He was not actually impeached.