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DNC Headquarters Broken into
The DNC Headquarters in Watergate was broken into by 5 men, 1 of the men was a former government employee for the CIA. -
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Watergate Scandal
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Cover-up
Information was found that the CRP (Re-eclection of the President) secretly paid the robbers, and what they paid came from The White House -
Cover-up Unravels
In early 1973, The Watergate burglars were on trial, and under relentless prodding from the federal judge John J. Sirica, McCord agreed to cooperate with the grand jury investigation and to testify before the newly created Senate Slect Commitee on Presidential Campaign Activities. -
McCord's testimony
McCord opened a floodgate of confessions. including John Dean who testified in June 1973. John Dean confessed that John Mitchell ordered the Watergate break-in and that Nixon was a part of it. -
Case of Tapes
Nixon had tapes that recorded all the conversations in the White House, and he refused to hand them pleading 'Executive Privilege and that the conversations in the White House should remain confidential to protect national security. Archibald Cox took Nixon to court, and Nixon gave up the tapes, When Nixon ordered Richardson deputy to fire Cox he refused and resigned, then he asked Richardson's deputy to fire cox, but he too resigned. Eventually Robert Bork fired Cox, damaging Nixon's reputation -
Fall of 1973
During the fall of 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned in disgrace when he was caught taking bribes from the Governor of Maryland. -
Nixon Resigns
Nixon tried to quell outrage, but it didn't help, and the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon had to surrender the tapes, he complied and after a few days he was voted to be impeached or charge him with misconduct. Soon another tape was found revealing Nixon ordered the CIA to stop the FBI probe in the Watergate burglary. On August 9th 1974 Nixon resigned in disgrace
