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May 10, 2018 · Bob Woodward (left) and Carl Bernstein in the Washington Post newsroom. (Credit: Ken Feil/The Washington Post/Getty Images) Woodward and Bernstein doggedly pursued the scandal.
May 16, 2013 · For his involvement in the Watergate scandal and cover-up, then-deputy director of the Committee to Re-Elect the President Jeb Stuart Magruder spent seven months in prison. A former aide to Chief ...
That was President Richard Nixon's first assessment of the Watergate break-in on June 20, 1972, three days after five men were apprehended for unlawfully entering Democratic National Committee headquarters. He was right—in the short-term. Less than five months later, 23.5 percent more Americans voted for Nixon than for Democrat George McGovern.
Sep 7, 2017 · Gray, Leslie and Wynell Burroughs Schamel. "Constitutional Issues: Watergate and the Constitution." Social Education 51, 2 (February 1987): 88-90. Background When Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 in the wake of the Watergate scandal, it was only the second time in our history that impeachment of a President had been considered.
Dean Alleges Nixon Knew of Cover-up Plan. By Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Break-In Memo Sent to Ehrlichman. ... Watergate-Era FBI Chief L. Patrick Gray III Dies at 88; E. Howard Hunt, 1918 ...
Watergate continued to haunt Nixon, and in February 1973, a committee was established to investigate the break-in. That same month, Nixon and his counsel, John W. Dean III (1938–), made arrangements to cover up the involvement of the administration. They did this by paying those convicted to stay silent.
April 30: 1973: Richard Nixon's first Watergate speech includes a denial of his involvement in a cover-up. ‘My faith in the Constitution is whole’ July 25, 1974: Representative Barbara Jordan's striking remarks during the House Judiciary Committee hearings capture Watergate's meaning.
