Watergate Scandal
What is Watergate? The word directly refers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. The hotels purpose is to house several business offices. This is also the location that was found to be a crime scene in the early 70’s. Now the word “Watergate” has many definitions, such as: bribery, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, phone tapping, tax fraud, etc. However the above all watergate is synonymous with abuse of power. The exact reasoning a distraught economy four years two years after this scandal took place.
The watergate scandal is one of the most infamous crimes to date in U.S history. The break-in took place early in the Watergate building in Washington D.C. one morning on June 17, 1972. There were several burglars arrested who allegedly …show more content…
Five of the seven men avoided trial and pleaded guilty and the remaining two men were convicted in January of 1973, just one year after the crime occurred.
At this time many people including, reporters and select members of a Senate investigating committee had began to suspect that there were a larger scheme taking place. This being due to all the false input the president had been stating recently about the scandal. Not long after suspicions of possible affiliation of president Nixon, some of the conspirators began to talk under the pressure being placed on them as to what actually happened in the Watergate building back in 1972. John Dean, the White House counsel had testified against Nixon in front of a grand jury about the president's crimes. It was also testified that Nixon had recorded every conversation that had ever taken place in the Oval Office. The president’s guilt would surely be revealed if prosecutors could only recover the tapes in Nixon’s …show more content…
Just a few weeks after being sworn in, Ford pardoned Nixon from the crimes he had committed in office. However Nixon’s associates in crime were not so lucky and were sentenced years in a federal prison. After Nixon was pardoned he still had never admitted to doing wrong in office. Even though already proved undeniably guilty he never once confessed his guilt. The Watergate scandal had a major effect in political life, which created an economy built on lies and distrust. Watergate had just added to the many disappointments Americans had already faced in the past decades. However luckily it made us stronger as a nation and we have since learned from it.
After being pardoned Nixon devoted himself to changing the views of the public on himself. He began to write multiple books and began to travel often. Then at 81 years old Nixon had a major stroke and died. His funeral was held at his birthplace in California on April 27 1994. All former living presidents flanked Nixon besides Reagan. Bob Dole, the Chairman of the Republican Party during Nixon’s election had possibly made the most moving tribute at the
The watergate scandal is one of the most infamous crimes to date in U.S history. The break-in took place early in the Watergate building in Washington D.C. one morning on June 17, 1972. There were several burglars arrested who allegedly …show more content…
Five of the seven men avoided trial and pleaded guilty and the remaining two men were convicted in January of 1973, just one year after the crime occurred.
At this time many people including, reporters and select members of a Senate investigating committee had began to suspect that there were a larger scheme taking place. This being due to all the false input the president had been stating recently about the scandal. Not long after suspicions of possible affiliation of president Nixon, some of the conspirators began to talk under the pressure being placed on them as to what actually happened in the Watergate building back in 1972. John Dean, the White House counsel had testified against Nixon in front of a grand jury about the president's crimes. It was also testified that Nixon had recorded every conversation that had ever taken place in the Oval Office. The president’s guilt would surely be revealed if prosecutors could only recover the tapes in Nixon’s …show more content…
Just a few weeks after being sworn in, Ford pardoned Nixon from the crimes he had committed in office. However Nixon’s associates in crime were not so lucky and were sentenced years in a federal prison. After Nixon was pardoned he still had never admitted to doing wrong in office. Even though already proved undeniably guilty he never once confessed his guilt. The Watergate scandal had a major effect in political life, which created an economy built on lies and distrust. Watergate had just added to the many disappointments Americans had already faced in the past decades. However luckily it made us stronger as a nation and we have since learned from it.
After being pardoned Nixon devoted himself to changing the views of the public on himself. He began to write multiple books and began to travel often. Then at 81 years old Nixon had a major stroke and died. His funeral was held at his birthplace in California on April 27 1994. All former living presidents flanked Nixon besides Reagan. Bob Dole, the Chairman of the Republican Party during Nixon’s election had possibly made the most moving tribute at the