... Camp David to prepare a report about the Watergate scandal. At the end of April, Nixon appears on national television to announce the dismissal of Dean and the resignations of two of his "closest advisors, Haldeman and Ehrlichman."" Elliot Richardson replaces Attorney-General Richard Kleindienst who also resigns. In May, the Senate Watergate Committee begins public and nationally televised ... hearings. Archibald Cox was appointed as the Justice Department's special prosecutor for Watergate. While testifying before the Committee, Dean claims that Nixon was involved in the cover-up of th...

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The term Watergate became known as a scandalous series of events that ended Richard Nixon's presidency and threatened the foundations of American government. In preparation for the 1972 election, Nixon was determined to win an overwhelming mandate for a second term. To protect Nixon at all costs from anything that might weaken his position, he made what is called the "enemies list. " This was a list ... a special prosecutor for the case, Archibald Cox. Working with a federal grand jury presided over by Judge John Sirica, Cox subpoenaed secret tape recordings of presidential meetings and telep...

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... trust in the president, but what if he has a different agenda that we don't know about? From Washington being one of the best presidents to Richard Nixon abusing of his power by wiretapping, we take a look into the background of each presidents' presidency, and discover what the motives were behind each ... allowing the presidents such primacy would ultimately lead to corruption and the abuse of power. Giving a president so much power could lead into failure. Take Nixon's impeachment for example. He abused his position of authority and it did nothing but ruin him. Not only did it ruin hi...

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... history. It involved illegal activities such as burglary, wire-tapping and espionage. All designed to help Richard Milhous Nixon to win re-election in 1972 But, instead it resulted in the resignation of president Nixon. On June 17, 1972 five men were caught breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee ... White House staff members. Which meant that there were more people involved then just the original seven. The cover-up started to begin. The Nixon administration hid and shredded any and all documents, which could lead to any, connected between the white house and...

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... and Bernstein began meeting with Deep throat again and continuing to write articles about White House involvement in Watergate. The 1972 approached and ended with Richard Nixon the victor with one of the biggest political landslides in US History. It showed that the post's articles about the Break in at the Watergate ... come out in the investigations. The senate investigation called on John Dean. He told Watergate investigators that he discussed the Watergate cover-up with President Nixon and his top official John Ehrlichman and Bob Hadleman at least 35 times. The senate investigators ...

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... "Lady Bird" Johnson 1912-2007 Nicknamed Lady Bird as a child, Lyndon B. Johnson's wife conducted her own campaign for her husband's election and lobbied for environmental protection.   Pat Nixon 1912-1993 Richard Nixon's wife created White House tours for the blind and deaf, and was the first first lady to wear pants in public.   Betty Ford 1918- Gerald Ford's wife once worked ... ...

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