Nixon's Presidency: Watergate, Role of Congress, Resignation and Political Legacy
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- Created on: 29-05-22 15:35
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- Nixon's Presidency
- Watergate
- Events
- 17 June 1972: 5 men arrested for breaking into the Dems offices at Watergate Hotel
- After the release of the Pentagon Papers Nixon set up the 'Plumbers' to fix any leaks
- 1st Job: break into Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office as a smear campaign against him
- 15 Sept '72: the five men were indicted for burglary, conspiracy and violation of federal wiretapping laws
- ex-CIA included Howard Hunt and ex- FBI Gordon Liddy
- legal expenses was paid from CREEP ($500, 000)
- Bob Woodward (Washington Post) was investigating
- found James McCord (one of the burglars) was security for CREEP
- Hunt's number was in one of the burglar's phone book
- received classified info from '***********'
- Associate Director of the FBI- Mark Felt
- 23 March '73: Watergate burglars were due for sentencing
- McCord wrote a letter to the judge uncovering more evidence
- "there was political pressure applied... to remain silent"
- McCord wrote a letter to the judge uncovering more evidence
- May '73: Hearings are televised
- 16 July '73: Senate discoverd the tapes but Nixon refuses to give them up
- 24th July 1974 Supreme Court upheld the subpoena and he handed over the tapes
- Events
- Role of Congress
- Edward Kennedy pushed for a Senate Committee to investigate Watergate
- Reps were prepared to defend Nixon
- The Committee
- headed by Sam Ervin, Dem. Senator for N.Carolina
- parties' nominations were balanced
- supported by a team of lawyers
- Nixon's intransiegence over handing the tapes ended Rep. interest
- Reps. distanced themselves
- Dems finally slayed Nixon
- Nixon's Resignation
- A key part of the tapes ha d a gap of 18 and a half minutes
- enough info to convict Nixon in the court of public opinion
- Goldwater told Nixon he had max. 15 senators who'd vote against the conviction
- Nixon announced his resignation on 8 Aug '74
- Ford (Nixon's V.P) granted Nixon a full pardon in his inaugural address
- A key part of the tapes ha d a gap of 18 and a half minutes
- Watergate
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