Comparing The Scandal Of Nixon And Watergate

Nixon and Watergate: The Scandal that Blew Up in the Face of the Public The Watergate Scandal was one of the most hideous and corrupt events in American History. Ite started to a burglary; the burglary led to a major, corruption scandal; the scandal led to the president, which gave us the only resignation in presidential History (Karmi). The scandal can be shown in its beginnings, with all the spying they did: “... a massive campaign of political spying and ‘dirty tricks’ was initiated against the democrats, leading to the Watergate break-in to plant bugs…. Inside the offices of the national Democratic Committee” (Presidential Impeachment Proceedings). That only showed what was before the scandal. What came afterward proved the corruption
“The Watergate Scandal began early in the morning of June 12, 1972, when several burglars were arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C” (History.com staff). Months after the break- in, some of the burglars pleaded guilty and were convicted of conspiracy, among other things (Karmi). The burglars were unknowingly working for the White House. But despite this, Richard Nixon was at the top of his game, doing better than he ever had before in political standard (Angley). He won a re-election that year, in a landslide victory, ofe of the highest margins ever for a
Finished by the crimes he committed, he had lost the trust of the public and taken part in one of the worst scandals in history (Angley). For the second time in the country’s history congress would vote to impeach the president. Knowing that he was most likely going to be impeached, the president decided to avoid it by becoming the first president ever to resign. He resigned in a public television August of 1974, two years into his second term (Angley). He served as president for a total of 2,026 days before leaving in 1974 (Stone 567). Before he left, he told his White House Staff this: “Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you do not win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself” (Karmi). It was then end of a large and hideous scandal that stained the face of