Watergate Scandal

The Watergate scandal involved President Richard Nixon. It began with a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office complex in 1972 and led to revelations of widespread abuses of power by the Nixon administration. The scandal ultimately resulted in Nixon's resignation in 1974 to avoid impeachment.

The Watergate break-in occurred as part of a larger effort by members of President Richard Nixon's administration to sabotage the Democratic Party and gather intelligence for the upcoming 1972 presidential election. By illegally entering the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex, they aimed to wiretap communications and gather information. The break-in was part of a culture of political espionage and dirty tricks that characterized Nixon's campaign. Ultimately, the scandal led to a major political crisis and Nixon's resignation.

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Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were the two Washington Post reporters who played a crucial role in uncovering key elements of the Watergate scandal, which ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Their investigative reporting helped expose the political wrongdoing and cover-up that occurred during the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.

It is called Watergate, which is the name of the hotel where the democratic national headquarters was located and where the break-in took place.

She never was on it. The Warren Commison investigated the death of JFk in 1964. At the very most she was a high school student in 1964. Gerald Ford, who became president after the resignation of Nixon was on it.

Yes, the five burglars involved in the Watergate scandal did face legal consequences. They were arrested and eventually convicted for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex. Their actions ultimately led to a wider investigation that exposed political corruption and eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

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The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s, resulting from the break in into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. Effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resignation of the United States President Richard Nixon on August 9, 1974. In June of 1972 in Washington, D.C. an event occurred, a burglary, which ended up holding worldwide importance. It was on this date that five people broke into the Democratic National Headquarters to bug their telephones. These men were members of the 'Plumbers', a group of anti-Castro Cuban refugees, former FBI agents and former CIA agents among others. The group was strongly Republican. The place they broke into was The Watergate Hotel. Many people remember the name Watergate as a blanket term used to describe the fall of President Richard Nixon.

The Watergate scandal was uncovered by investigative journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of The Washington Post. Their reporting ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974.

Workers shredded all incriminating documents in Haldeman's office. The White House, with President Nixon's consent, asked the CIA to urge the FBI to stop its investigations into the burglary on the grounds of national security. In addition, the CRP passed out nearly $450,000 to the Watergate burglars to buy their silence after they were indicted in September of 1972.

Bob Woodward was Carl Bernstein's colleague on The Washington Post investigation of the Watergate building break in. The revelations ended in the impeachment of President Nixon.

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Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were the Washington Post writers who investigated and uncovered the Watergate scandal.

Watergate is a very long and complicated subject, however to answer in a paragraph;

The people who conducted the break in at the democratic national headquarters had originally broken in 2 days previously, however one of the wire taps they installed to a phone was not working correctly, so they broke in again to 'fix the bug'. The people who did this were primarily composed of an in-house white house organisation Nixon prompted called 'the plumbers'. The intention of this group was to use espionage to find out where governmental 'leaks' (news stories deliberately broken to the media to the detriment of the government, it's policies or national security) were sourced, in other words, who was speaking to the press.

The organisation was funded indirectly by Nixon's CREEP (Campaign to re-elect the president) fund.

Although historically there are many contradicting positions, it is today largely agreed that John Dean was the principal 'head' of these espionage activities in so much that he gave authorisation to Watergate. It was later proven that Haldeman and Erhlichman also had authorised aspects of 'pay offs' thinly disguised as 'funds to aid the defence of the accused'.

Nixon's only direct involvement as such was 3 part;

1 - Nixon initially created the 'plumbers' to gain intelligence within the white house answerable only to his administration.

2 - His administration was largelythe "berlin wall" of Haldeman and Erhlichman. These were largely (other than Kissinger) the only 2 men who had direct access to Nixon and therefore Nixon created a situation where there was questionably illegal activities to which the only 2 who passed on information was Haldeman and Erhlichman (via John Dean) and therefore made Nixon complicit.

3 - The main point against Nixon was when he discussed 'paying them off' (the arrested and on trial 'plumbers'. Nixon is specifically heard to hear in a recording talking very openly about how money could be obtained to pay for the accused silence. The irony to this situation was that this money would be perfectly legal (albeit with some moral questions) should it be used to maintain their defence in court (as white house employees) and to cover their living costs. It was specifically the implication that the money was specifically for their silence that ultimately tied in Nixon and doomed him to be dragged into a "3rd rate burglary" that he could have easily, but painfully, have distanced himself comfortably from.

The Watergate break-in occurred in the early morning hours of June 17, 1972.

This gap was either accidently caused by Rose Mary woods by a misfunctioning Uher tape recorder or deliberately by somewone who wanted to discredit president Nixon.

Nixon was not happy, because it was so embarrasing. Everybody would think he had something to hide on that tape. But he never blamed Rose Mary Woods. "This gap was either accidently caused by Rose Mary woods by a misfunctioning Uher tape recorder" -This accusation was proven false when Rose Mary testified on November 8, 1973 that she did answer the phone and accidentally made "a terrible mistake" and re-recorded about 5 minutes, but she insisted she was not responsible for the other 13 1/2 minutes missing from the tapes. This was testified later in the same month that she stated "The buttons said on and off, forward and backward. I caught on to that fairly fast. I don't think I'm so stupid as to erase what's on a tape"

The reporters were Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein. The primary newspaper leading the reporting on the Watergate scandal was the Washington post. However crediting them with "uncovering" the scandal is incorrect. What they did was publicize Watergate, virtually all of the information they reported was known to the FBI, as evidenced by what was "leaked" to them by "Deep Throat" (FBI agent Mark Felt)

The Watergate Scandal represented a constitutional crisis. Checks and balances, and the rule of law prevailed, with the Congress and Supreme Court acting against abuses of power by the presidency. Congress was prepared to draft Articles of Impeachment and the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon must release the tapes.