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An 11 page paper on the known events of the Watergate scandal and the investigation that followed. Controversial issues concerning the Watergate tapes are discussed in great detail and the writer explains how socially devastating the incident was. This was the first time a U.S. president ever resigned but according to this paper, the ultimate effect of such was both a positive and educational one for the American public. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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9, 1974 resignation of President Richard M. Nixon. The burglars and two co-plotters; G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt were indicted in September of 1972 on charges of
burglary, conspiracy, and wiretapping. Four months later, they were convicted and sentenced to prison terms by District Court Judge John J. Sirica, who was convinced that pertinent details had
not been unveiled during the trial and proffered leniency in exchange for further information. As it became increasingly evident that the Watergate burglars were tied closely to the Central
Intelligence Agency and the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP), some of Nixons aides began talking to federal prosecutors (Schell 78). The defection of aides
such as Jeb Stuart Magruder, assistant to CRP director John N. Mitchell, quickly implicated others in Nixons inner circle. The Senate established in February of 1973, an investigative committee headed
by Sen. Sam Ervin, Jr., to look into the growing scandal. Amid increasing disclosures of White House involvement in the Watergate break-in and its aftermath, Nixon announced the resignations of
John Ehrlichman and H. R. Haldeman, two of his closest advisors, and the dismissal of his counsel John W. Dean III. Growing suspicion of presidential involvement in the scandal
resulted in an intensification of the investigation. Leaders in this inquiry included Judge Sirica, reporters for the Washington Post, the Ervin committee, and Archibald Cox, who was sworn in as
special prosecutor in May 1973. Dean told the Ervin committee in June that Nixon had known of the cover-up. A month later, former White House staff member Alexander Butterfield revealed
that Nixon had secretly tape-recorded conversations in his offices. Both Cox and the Ervin committee began efforts to obtain selected tapes. Nixon, citing executive privilege, refused to relinquish them and
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