The Watergate Break-In 1972 was a very eventful year in America. Republican President Richard Nixon was running for re-election. Most importantly, the United States was embroiled in the Vietnam War. This harsh political environment prompted the need for a forceful political campaign. It seems as if President Nixon would stop at nothing to be re-elected. It was just after midnight on July 17 when the office of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C. was broken into. Hopefully, this time the devices would work. The first mission to wiretap the office’s phones on May 28th failed. The devices just didn’t work properly. They returned. Burglars Bernard Barker, Virgilio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martinez, James W.
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The simple answer is that President Nixon just couldn’t lose. The motives, however inconclusive, dig much deeper. Jeb Stuart Magruder, one of Nixon’s aides decided to reveal a possible motive after seven months in prison for his involvement. He reported to the press that information was trying to be recovered about Nixon’s relationship with multimillionaire Howard Hughes. Hughes was said to have given Richard Nixon’s friend, Charles Rebozo nearly $100,000. It is speculated that this money was later spent on ornate furnishings and ritzy jewelry for the President’s …show more content…
He stated in his resignation speech that he always made decisions for the best interest of America. However, he never admitted to any wrongdoing in the Watergate scandal. Although Nixon did not directly order the men to break into the DNC, he did aid in covering the offenses up. He provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to the burglars in the affair in order to keep them quiet. This money was largely distributed by a member of Cuban Miami, Manuel Artime. Moreover, the president, along with his aides, devised a plan which instructed the Central Intelligence Agency to impede the FBI’s investigation of the thefts. Besides the severity of these manipulative crimes, Mr. Nixon was pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford, on September 8th, 1974. He stated the reason for the pardon was to allow the people of America to be focused more on other problems both at home and
The simple answer is that President Nixon just couldn’t lose. The motives, however inconclusive, dig much deeper. Jeb Stuart Magruder, one of Nixon’s aides decided to reveal a possible motive after seven months in prison for his involvement. He reported to the press that information was trying to be recovered about Nixon’s relationship with multimillionaire Howard Hughes. Hughes was said to have given Richard Nixon’s friend, Charles Rebozo nearly $100,000. It is speculated that this money was later spent on ornate furnishings and ritzy jewelry for the President’s …show more content…
He stated in his resignation speech that he always made decisions for the best interest of America. However, he never admitted to any wrongdoing in the Watergate scandal. Although Nixon did not directly order the men to break into the DNC, he did aid in covering the offenses up. He provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to the burglars in the affair in order to keep them quiet. This money was largely distributed by a member of Cuban Miami, Manuel Artime. Moreover, the president, along with his aides, devised a plan which instructed the Central Intelligence Agency to impede the FBI’s investigation of the thefts. Besides the severity of these manipulative crimes, Mr. Nixon was pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford, on September 8th, 1974. He stated the reason for the pardon was to allow the people of America to be focused more on other problems both at home and