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Apr 13, 2024 · Watergate scandal, interlocking political scandals of the administration of U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon that were revealed following the arrest of five burglars at Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate office-apartment-hotel complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972. On August 9, 1974, facing likely impeachment ...
Jun 29, 2021 · Historian and author Michael Dobbs reconstructs how the scandal gradually engulfed more administration officials, with operatives turning on each other — and eventually the president. We'll talk ...
Assisted by Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, the five operatives entered the DNC headquarters on Memorial Day weekend 1972, photographing files and bugging telephones. Later, the result of their work was shown to John Mitchell. He was unsatisfied, and the burglars returned to the Watergate in the early hours of June 17.
Divide the class into pairs or trios and give each student Handout B: A Brief History of Executive Privilege in the United States.Have each group discuss the attempts of each President listed to keep certain information secret in light of the Constitution’s requirement that the President “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” (Article II, Section 3)
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 ...
Nov 4, 2023 · The Watergate cases are further divided into three groups: cases, correspondence, and miscellaneous. Bulking largest, the Watergate cases provide extensive documentation of the court proceedings relating to the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex (United States v.
Jun 5, 2022 · Today the luxury Watergate hotel’s phone number ends in 1972 – the year of the burglary – and callers are greeted by a message that begins: “There’s no need to break in,” as well as ...
