Watergate Scandal

Two reporters for the Washington Post, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, broke the Watergate story to the American public. Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974.

Gerald Ford was appointed the vice-president before the Watergate Scandal broke.

The Watergate affair or Scandal occured in June l7,l972 when Nixon-directed spies broke into or monitored ( with illegal devices) the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate hotel. Two years later, away went Nixon down the drain as he abdicated under fire! Watergate is the High-or Low water mark of political crook stuff in US history and many people ( Chucked up) the whole process- it should be noted that Nixon was voted in by a virtual landslide in his victory over the Democratic candidate, Mcgovern. The damage was done. many people still don"t trust politicians and some refuse to vote. sad back, er wash, from the Watergate/ To answer your questions Watergate had nothing whatsoever to do with Cuba or even Puerto Rican. the Blair House incident, in the Truman administration, did involve Puerto Rican separatists in an attempt to assasinate President Truman, but that was around l95l or so.

The Senate Watergate Committee was convened by the United States Senate. This committee was created to investigate the Watergate burglaries and scandal.

United States v. Nixon was the case that questioned executive privilege. The case was decided on July 24, 1974. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against Nixon.

Trust in elected officials was undermined.

Herbert W. Kalmbach was Nixon's personal , involved in the Watergate affair. His other convicted counselors were John Erlichman , John Dean and Charles Colson.

what was watergetes impact on the goverment?

There's actually no evidence suggesting that President Richard Nixon ordered the Watergate break-in, and it's more likely that it was a member of Nixon's cabinet.

However, once the burglars were arrested, the Federal Bureau of Investigation launched an investigation into finding the culprits. Eventually, the FBI found leads that put the federal government at the center of attention.

Nixon would end up giving the Central Intelligence Agency an order to obstruct to the FBI's investigation, and additionally ordered money to be paid to individuals in-the-know to keep them quiet. The FBI's Deputy Director ended up leaking some of this information to the media, which is ultimately what caused Nixon's downfall.

Nixon could have potentially faced Obstruction of Justice, Perjury, and Contempt of Congress charges; however, would resign from the presidency and be pardoned by President Gerald Ford.

The charges all centered around Nixon's belief that the Presidency was above the law.

Three articles of impeachment (for abuse of power, obstruction of justice, and contempt of Congress) were drafted by Congress but the case never proceeded.

Nixon resigned to make impeachment a moot point and Ford's pardon of Nixon made indictment impossible

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· Send pizzas to Democrat HQ

· Heckle Speakers

· Call candidates in night to mess w/ them

· Flood demo. HQ

· Break in to Watergate apartments

Bernard L. Baker, James W. McCord, Birgillo R. Gonzales, Euqenio Martinez, and Frank Sturgis and they broke into the Democratic National Committee Offices to buy telephones to get information for the presidential election. Keyosha Spencer

It wasn't so much that the FBI was "tipped" off about Watergate, but how far it went up the chain of command. When the group broke into the building and the offices of the Democratic headquarters they got caught by just a bit of making tape and a guard who found it. So, the FBI was involved right from the start. The question was who ordered the break in or were the men invloved loners. No one believed they were doing this on their own, but they needed to prove it went as high as Nixon. That is where "deep throat" comes in. Deep throat met with the reporters off and on passing info that would lead them to Nixon.

The end of the watergatre scandal was when the Supreme Court asked for, "the tapes," which had an 18.5 minute gap. However, the President refused to give them up. The House of Representatives then voted three days later to impeach President Nixon. He resigned and Gerald Ford took over the presidency. Nixon was the only "Watergate conspirator" to not serve any jail time. Also, he was the only president in the history of the United States to resign from the presidency.

He claimed executive privilege to protect communications "between high Government officials and those who advise and assist them" in carrying out their duties.

he acted to cover up crimes

The break-in in the Watergate Hotel occurred on June 17, 1972. Two days later, the Washington Post published a story indicating a tie to the Nixon campaign and the break in. After a complicated series of investigations, denial, stone-walling. legal maneuvering and damning evidence, Nixon resigned the Presidency on August 8, 1974.

John Dean, the White House Counsel.

August 8,l974, this was over two years AFTER the Watergate incident break-in on June l7,l972, My l6Th birthday.

He announced it August 8, 1974, but the resignation went into effect at noon August 9, 1974.

The scandal began was a break-in into the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC. The burglars were caught and they were tied to Nixon's re-election campaign. Attempts at a cover-up led to concealment of evidence and obstruction of justice which led to more of the same and reached higher and higher up in the administration.

Several crimes were committed by the Watergate 'Plumbers.' First of all, breaking and entering the Democratic Headquarters. They were also charged with committing burglary, illegal wiretapping, and making false statements under oath. The crimes led jail time for some of the conspirators, and Nixon's resignation.

The effects of the Watergate scandal did not by any means end with the resignation of President Nixon and the imprisonment of some of his aides. Indirectly, Watergate was the cause of new laws leading to extensive changes in campaign financing. It was a major factor in the passage of amendments to the Freedom of Information Act in 1986, as well as laws requiring new financial disclosures by key government officials.

While not legally required, other types of personal disclosure, such as releasing recent income tax forms, became expected. Presidents since Franklin Roosevelt had recorded many of their conversations, but after Watergate this general practice ended, at least as far as the public knows.

Since Nixon and many senior officials involved in Watergate were lawyers, the scandal severely tarnished the public image of the legal profession. In order to defuse public demand for direct federal regulation of lawyers (as opposed to leaving it in the hands of state bar associations or supreme courts), the American Bar Association, (ABA) launched two major reforms. First, the ABA decided that its existing Model Code of Professional Responsibility (promulgated 1969) was a failure, and replaced it with the Model Rules of Professional Conduct in 1983. The MRPC has been adopted in part or in whole by 44 states. Its preamble contains an emphatic reminder to young lawyers that the legal profession can remain self-governing only if lawyers behave properly. Second, the ABA promulgated a requirement that law students at ABA-approved law schools take a course in professional responsibility (which means they must study the MRPC). The requirement remains in effect.

The Watergate scandals left such an impression on the national and international consciousness that many scandals since then have been labeled with the suffix "-gate" � such as Koreagate, Contragate, Whitewatergate, Travelgate, Rathergate, "Zippergate" or Filegate in the U.S., Tunagate in Canada, Dianagate/Squidgygate and Thatchergate in the UK, and even Pemexgate and Toallagate in Mexico. The judging scandal in the pairs event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in which a controversial double gold medal was awarded to Russians Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze and Canadians Jamie Sal� & David Pelletier was termed "Skategate". In 2003 a scandal involving a group of Poland's key political figures and a Polish media magnate Lew Rywin was frequently referred to in Polish media as "Rywingate". Other impressions included Colegate, Sheikgate and Edgate.

Watergate was a major political scandal which occurred in the United States in the 1970s, Its shocked the nation.

A little over two years. The break-in happened on June 17, 1972. President Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974.

He faced an untrusting public. That's the era that people starting not trusting politicians. But the public for the most part saw him as a relief from Nixon and his corruption. He was a very trusted figure. So Watergate wasn't really a huge problem for him

The tapes were incomplete.