Watergate scandal

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The Watergate scandal is arguably one of the largest scandals to come out of the

White House since Andrew Johnson was impeached in the 1870’s. It originally started

as a small break-in at the Watergate complex in Washington DC, which was the

Democratic National HQ. Five men were arrested in the wee hours of June 17, 1972 on

the sixth floor of the Democratic National HQ. That was the start of a case that would

lead up to the most powerful man in the country, president Richard M. Nixon. One of

the men arrested was named James McCord who worked for the chairman who ran the

Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP). Which would mean that he worked for

the Republican Party. It seems strange that a man, who works for the Republican Party

is breaking into the Democratic National HQ, doesn’t it? The Watergate scandal is an

extremely interesting topic and it goes into much depth as time progresses. Plenty of

powerful political people went served time because of their role in the Watergate

scandal. People who helped cover-up the scandal, people who leaked out information,

they all played a large part in the Watergate scandal and trial. The involvement of

President Richard M. Nixon was probably the most important part of the entire

Watergate scandal. He was the commander and chief of his country and he lied to his

people under oath. He not only broke the law, but he tried to cover it up. The judicial

part of Watergate is probably the most memorable part because it was the part where

Nixon gets himself tangled up in his lies. The Watergate scandal is one of America’s

most shameful memories but it will remain in history books because it’s an event that it

changed presidential trust forever.

In the early morning of June 17, 1972 five men were caught breaking into the

Watergate complex. These men were James McCord, Bernard Baker, Eugenio

Martinez, Frank Sturgis, and Vigillo Gonzalez. Bernard Baker was a Cuban exile living

in Miami at the time. He had taken photographs of various documents that were in the

Democratic National headquarters. Martinez and Gonzalez were also Cuban exiles that

were helping Frank Sturgis. Sturgis was a former American solider who was a very

strong supporter of Nixon. The head of the plan was James McCord. McCord was a

former CIA agent. They were all helping place a wiretap on the phone of the Democratic

Party Chairman Lawrence O’Brien. That night, in a hotel room at the Watergate Hotel,

two very important men waited for the four helpers and McCord to come back. These