Richard Nixon resigned from office on August 9, 1974 due to the crimes that took place during Watergate and his presidency. Nixon’s public appearance appealed to many, promoting anti-communism and his military background gained him the support of America, but Nixon led a different life filled with subterfuge and trickery. The events unraveled at Watergate opened the minds of Americans revealing what was truly happening behind the scenes in contrast to how a president is perceived in public.
Before Nixon entered the running for president, he held a political career that was shaped like a roller coaster with its up’s and down’s. In 1946 Nixon won a seat as a Representative for the state of California by scrutinizing his competitor as a “Communist …show more content…
The purpose of the burglary involved discovering information on one of Findings’ patients. The patient, Daniel Ellsberg, was a pentagon official who was responsible for the release of the Pentagon Papers which addressed the secret history of the Vietnam War. The paper itself also brought slander to the Nixon Administration which captured their attention. In response to this the plumbers unit was created to obtain these documents. The mission ended in utter failure and the documents were never obtained. This failure would eventually lead to the Watergate Scandal and the cover-up. The mind behind the Watergate Scandal was G. Gordon Liddy, who was CREEP’s General counsel and director of intelligence. His plan began with burglarizing the office of Lawrence O’ Brien. O’ Brien was the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the democratic party’s fundraising body for elections. A team of Cuban refugees were led by a Bernard Barker to break into the Watergate building and offices. The accomplices during the burglary included Barker, Virgilio Gonzales, Eugenio Martinez, Frank Sturgis, and James
Before Nixon entered the running for president, he held a political career that was shaped like a roller coaster with its up’s and down’s. In 1946 Nixon won a seat as a Representative for the state of California by scrutinizing his competitor as a “Communist …show more content…
The purpose of the burglary involved discovering information on one of Findings’ patients. The patient, Daniel Ellsberg, was a pentagon official who was responsible for the release of the Pentagon Papers which addressed the secret history of the Vietnam War. The paper itself also brought slander to the Nixon Administration which captured their attention. In response to this the plumbers unit was created to obtain these documents. The mission ended in utter failure and the documents were never obtained. This failure would eventually lead to the Watergate Scandal and the cover-up. The mind behind the Watergate Scandal was G. Gordon Liddy, who was CREEP’s General counsel and director of intelligence. His plan began with burglarizing the office of Lawrence O’ Brien. O’ Brien was the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the democratic party’s fundraising body for elections. A team of Cuban refugees were led by a Bernard Barker to break into the Watergate building and offices. The accomplices during the burglary included Barker, Virgilio Gonzales, Eugenio Martinez, Frank Sturgis, and James