Watergate

Watergate on Politics 1

Watergate on Politics

I believe this to be the strongest government on earth . the only one where every

individual . would flutter to the degree of the law , and would meet invasions of the

public as his own personal concern ' stated Thomas Jefferson in his inaugural

address , March 4 , 1801

It started on June 17 , 1972 , that Watergate began when burglary was committed in the

headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate hotel complex in

Washington D .C . The five men were

charged and arrested for burglary and wiretapping

White House officials E . Howard Hunt , Jr a former White House aide and G . Gordon

Liddy a general counsel for the Committee for the Re-election of the president . A seven men were tried before judge John J . Sirica , chief judge of the U .S . District Court of

District Columbia . Around 2 :30 a .m . when the five men were arrested wearing business

suits and latex gloves , they were taken to the Democratic National Committee . Along

with repairing wiretapping equipment and taking pictures of documentation . On

September 15 , indictments were given on the five men and including Liddy and Hunt and

were convicted of conspiracy , burglary , and illegal wiretapping . Hunt and Liddy were

nicknamed the Plumbers ' that had been established by John Ehrlichman to prevent any

information leaking from the White House . The Plumbers were against Democrats and

known for the Pentagon s , where it involved the break-in of the Pentagon employee

Watergate on Politics 2

Daniel Ellsberg and the Bay of Pigs Invasion to overthrown Cuban dictator Fidel Castro

and an awkwardness for the Kennedy administration

On July 16 , 1973 , the former White House official Alexander Butterfield made testimony

to the Ervin Committee that there were actual taped conversations made by Nixon . Nixon

claimed that no other than his staff weren 't involved in the scandal . A Watergate

investigation was declared by Democratic Senator Mike Mansfield . Judge Sirica ed

that Nixon hand over the tapes . Nixon made appeal that as president he should have the

authority to disclose the tapes . The Supreme Court however rejected the claim and

ed that Nixon be made to obey the subpoena . The evidence was brought to the

Judiciary Committee and brought against Nixon that would lead to an impeachment

investigation . During April 1974 , 42 tapes were subpoenaed by the committee and edited

transcripts were released by Nixon but not the actual recordings of the 46 conversations

taken place and as to whether Nixon was part of the conspiracy . However the evidence

clearly substantiates the vulgar speech made by Nixon . The impeachment hearings were

taken place by the House Committee , as five of the possible impeachments , three had

been approved . Nixon faced impeachment and removal from office and his successor

Gerald Ford had pardoned him for the crimes committed during his presidency and was

named unindicted co-conspirator

The Watergate scandal had made the political system deeply disturbed and the 1974

Republication election that had a low 36 percent turnout and...