watergate scandal George McGovern, the Democratic presidential nominee the year of 1973, called it ''the mother of all White House scandals.'' Watergate was in fact the name of the biggest political scandal in ... other choice but to hand over the tapes. As the committee reviewed the tapes they wasted no time in recommending that Nixon be impeached on three charges: obstruction of Justice, abuse of presidential power, and trying to impede the impeachment process by defying committee subpoenas." With the impeachment vote against him Nixon made his last speech as president on august 8, 1974 .....

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The Watergate affair was the most significant scandal in United States government history. Watergate is defined as a scandal involving abuse of power by public officials, violation of the public trust, and attempted obstruction of justice. The Watergate scandal is named after the building complex in Washington D.C., which was the site ... to wake up because almost if no every successive President since, has had some minor or major scandal during his term. Jimmy Carter: Iran-Contra Crisis, Reagan: the same thing, George Bush: the Desert Storm war, and Bill Clinton: the Whitewater scandal. I k...

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