The U.S. is said to have undergone a transformation of political culture in the early 1970’s. The Watergate hotel break-in at the Democratic campaign headquarters led directly to the White house. In 1972, President Nixon was seeking a second term and was facing Democrat George Mcgovern. Nixon was unsure that he would be re-elected, so he put in place several groups of specialized unlawful men to gather and uncover as much information that he could use against his opponent and party. Cover-ups, perjury, break-ins, corruption and the establishment of groups like the CRP (CREEP), the Plumbers and also top advisers to Nixon known as the “Watergate Seven,” ultimately led to the near impeachment but resignation of President Richard Nixon.
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These seven men were later indicted on numerous charges ranging from conspiracy, obstruction of justice, lying to the FBI and lying to a grand jury.
The controversial President Richard M. Nixon on his involved in the Watergate scandal still remains a mystery today. The tapes that were uncovered prior to his resignation proved that he certainly had involvement in the cover-up. He was the first, and still is the only President to quit his job. He avoided being impeached and possible prison if it wasn’t for his successor granting him a Presidential pardon.
The American public during that time had a sense of trust in the government prior to Watergate and if it wasn’t for the two reporters that uncovered it, we may have even known about the scandal and the later cover up by the Nixon administration. The nation learned some lessons from Watergate. We need to limit the use and abuse of power by an administration by the use of Checks and Balances. Also, we put in place a system of guidelines to regulate the flow of money into election campaigns. Lastly, maybe in the present day we should remind ourselves as a country about the same types of scandals we see today and use our legislative and judicial branches to bring people to justice, as we did to President Richard
The …show more content…
These seven men were later indicted on numerous charges ranging from conspiracy, obstruction of justice, lying to the FBI and lying to a grand jury.
The controversial President Richard M. Nixon on his involved in the Watergate scandal still remains a mystery today. The tapes that were uncovered prior to his resignation proved that he certainly had involvement in the cover-up. He was the first, and still is the only President to quit his job. He avoided being impeached and possible prison if it wasn’t for his successor granting him a Presidential pardon.
The American public during that time had a sense of trust in the government prior to Watergate and if it wasn’t for the two reporters that uncovered it, we may have even known about the scandal and the later cover up by the Nixon administration. The nation learned some lessons from Watergate. We need to limit the use and abuse of power by an administration by the use of Checks and Balances. Also, we put in place a system of guidelines to regulate the flow of money into election campaigns. Lastly, maybe in the present day we should remind ourselves as a country about the same types of scandals we see today and use our legislative and judicial branches to bring people to justice, as we did to President Richard