How Did The Watergate Scandal

I would say that the first event that lead to the Watergate Affair, was the break-in at the Democratic Party Headquarters, at the Watergate apartment complex, in Washington, D.C., in June 19721. The break-in was lead by five former employees of President Nixon’s reelection committee, and to this day, no one knows for sure what the burglars were actually looking for. The police would end up being called, and all five members were arrested1. As their trial proceeded in 1973, two investigative journalists of the Washington Post, began to reveal that the break-in had been sponsored by someone very close to the President, and had then tried to “cover-up” the whole ordeal1. Congressional hearings that followed, also revealed that Nixon, who has also been described as a paranoid, and secretive, person to begin with, had made recordings of conversations in his office
When asked for the recordings by special prosecutor Archibald Cox, Nixon first proposed that Senator John C. Stennis, of Mississippi, be the one to listen to tapes, and to report back as to what was heard, but when Cox refused to agree ti the settlement, Nixon then turned around, and fired him, which caused a whirl wind of events1. From there, the Supreme Court then ordered that the President give up his recordings. The tapes would end up revealing Nixon’s involvement in the whole Watergate Scandal. Whether, or not, Nixon had actually been the one to order the Watergate apartment break-in, is still uncertain, but through the tapes, it was proven that Nixon had authorized payments, and bribes, to the five burglars to persuade them to remain quiet, and to commit perjury in court1. Nixon had also put a stop to the FBI’s investigation of the incident1. After all of the revelations came to light, in August, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee moved to impeach Nixon, whereupon he resigned, becoming the only U.S. President in history