How Did Nixon Change American Politics

On the day of June 17,1972 one of the most historical scandals . This scandal will change American politics forever. In the case United States vs Nixon the US is the plaintiff and Nixon is the defendant. This case is special because it states that not even the President is above the law. Nixon abused his power with the executive privilege. Since the beginning Nixon’s presidency he would always undermine those who he thought could be an enemy. People as the man who leaked the Pentagon papers. His name is Daniel Ellsberg and he later had his psychiatrist office broken into by “white house plumbers.” This was a group that was came up within the white house, the task was to stop the media from leaking information. The so called “plumbers” would start their own group called C.R.E.E.P or Committee to Re-elect the President. …show more content…
President Nixon was suspected after the police found ties the five burglars who broke into watergate. Those five people were James W. McCord, Virgilio R. Gonzales, Eugenio R. Martinez ,Frank A. Sturgis ,Bernard L. Barker. Those five all had roles in breaking into the Democratic National Committee DNC which is the Headquarters. They showed up to the scene with wiretap equipment and cameras. James McCord was part of the Republican committee. When the five guys were caught and they realized McCord was involved, that immediately put Nixon under suspicion. Nixon never ordered the break in. It was approved by his former attorney general of C.R.E.E.P John Mitchell. Mitchell wanted to have his lawyer cover up the break in and told the media that “They have to be paid. That’s all there is to that.” This is how the cover up for the watergate scandal started. B0b Woodward and Carl Bernstein were the reporters who did some major uncovering in the watergate