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Watergate Case Study. Watergate Case Study By James M. Perry. Watergate may be the most famous story in American investigative journalism history. It led to impeachment hearings, President Nixon s resignation from office, and a spate of new political ethics laws. It also had an enormous impact on the practice of investigative journalism.
May 30, 2017 · The trial for the Watergate break-in begins. Jan. 30, 1973 G. Gordon Liddy, a former Nixon aide, and James McCord, a one-time Nixon aide and former CIA operative, are convicted for their role in ...
Watergate scandal, (1972–74) Political scandal involving illegal activities by Pres. Richard Nixon ’s administration. In June 1972 five burglars were arrested after breaking into the Democratic Party’s national headquarters at the Watergate Hotel complex in Washington, D.C. Within a few days of their arrest at the Watergate, charges of ...
When Judge John Sirica gaveled the trial of the Watergate seven to order on January 8, 1973, federal investigators had already discovered a covert slush fund used to underwrite nefarious activities against Democrats. The money and the men on trial could be linked to the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP) at whose head sat the former ...
After releasing twelve-hours of conversations and transcripts created by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF), which were played in court during the Watergate trials, NARA prepared to release the rest of the subpoenaed tapes, however, the former president sought to block their release. The release of these tapes was delayed until 1991.
May 18, 2023 · Watergate “showed the government of the United States at its absolute worst, and then it showed it at its absolute best,” Lehrer told the NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown during a 2013 conversation ...
Watergate: The aftermath. August 8, 1974: Nixon announces his resignation—and changes the presidency forever (Chapter 4) By Ken Hughes. Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as president at that hour in this office. With those words, Richard Nixon became the first—and so ...
