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Mind Map by Kristian Green, updated more than 1 year ago
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Richard Nixon - Watergate (INCOMPLETE)
- Coverup
- Investigated by the United States Congress
- Nixon's administration resisted congress' probes, which led to a constitutional crisis.
- Nixon's administration resisted congress' probes, which led to a constitutional crisis.
- Investigated by the United States Congress
- Offences
- Break Into the DNC
- Five men broke into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate complex on Saturday, June 17, 1972
- The FBI investigated and discovered a connection between cash found on the burglars and a slush fund used by the
Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP), the official organization of Nixon's campaign.
- The men were Virgilio Gonzalez, Bernard Barker, James McCord, Eugenio Martínez, and Frank Sturgis.
- The FBI investigated and discovered a connection between cash found on the burglars and a slush fund used by the
Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP), the official organization of Nixon's campaign.
- Five men broke into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate complex on Saturday, June 17, 1972
- bugging the offices of political opponents and people of whom Nixon or his officials were suspicious.
- Nixon and his close aides also ordered investigations of activist groups and political figures, using the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as political weapons.
- Break Into the DNC
- Discoveries
- The [Watergate] scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by members of the Nixon administration, the
commencement of an impeachment process against the president, and Nixon's resignation. The scandal also
resulted in the indictment of 69 people, with trials or pleas resulting in 48 being found guilty, many of whom were top
Nixon officials.
- Evidence mounted against the president's staff, including testimony provided by former staff
members in an investigation conducted by the Senate Watergate Committee. The investigation
revealed that Nixon had a tape-recording system in his offices and that he had recorded many
conversations.
- Smoking Gun Tape
- The release of the tape was ordered by the Supreme Court on July 24, 1974, in a case known as United States v. Nixon.
The court’s decision was unanimous.
- President Nixon released the tape on August 5. It was one of three conversations he had with Haldeman six days
after the Watergate break-in. The tapes prove that he ordered a cover-up of the Watergate burglary. The Smoking
Gun tape reveals that Nixon ordered the FBI to abandon its investigation of the break-in.
- After the release of the tape, the eleven Republicans on the Judiciary Committee who voted against
impeachment charges said they would change their votes. It was clear that Nixon would be impeached
and convicted in the Senate.
- After the release of the tape, the eleven Republicans on the Judiciary Committee who voted against
impeachment charges said they would change their votes. It was clear that Nixon would be impeached
and convicted in the Senate.
- The release of the tape was ordered by the Supreme Court on July 24, 1974, in a case known as United States v. Nixon.
The court’s decision was unanimous.
- Smoking Gun Tape
- The [Watergate] scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by members of the Nixon administration, the
commencement of an impeachment process against the president, and Nixon's resignation. The scandal also
resulted in the indictment of 69 people, with trials or pleas resulting in 48 being found guilty, many of whom were top
Nixon officials.
- Resignation
- Nixon announced his resignation on August 8.
- On September 8, 1974, his successor, Gerald Ford, pardoned him.
- On September 8, 1974, his successor, Gerald Ford, pardoned him.
- Nixon announced his resignation on August 8.
- Important Figures
- Richard Nixon (obviously)
- G. Gordon Liddy, Finance Counsel for the Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP)
- Presidential Counsel John Dean
- Attorney General John Mitchell
- Richard Nixon (obviously)
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