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Watergate

Watergate. Timeline. Read pages “Watergate: Nixon’s Downfall” on pages 1008-1013 and create a timeline of 14 events in the W atergate scandal All events should be between June of 1972 and August of 1974.

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Watergate

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  1. Watergate

  2. Timeline • Read pages “Watergate: Nixon’s Downfall” on pages 1008-1013 and create a timeline of 14 events in the Watergate scandal • All events should be between June of 1972 and August of 1974

  3. June 17th, 1972: Five men are caught trying to break in to the campaign headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Complex in Washington DC • The group planned to copy documents showing the Democratic campaign strategy and bug the offices and telephones • The leader of the men, James McCord, was a former CIA agent who worked for the Committee to Reelect the President (CRP)

  4. September of 1972: The Watergate burglars are indicted while Nixon’s people work on the cover-up • The CRP paid them $450,000 to keep quiet • Nixon’s Chief of Staff had all evidence shredded • The White House asked the CIA to urge the FBI to stop investigating on national security grounds • The administration consistently denied any involvement with the burglary

  5. March 20th, 1973: James McCord sends a letter to the judge shortly before sentencing begins • Indicated that he lied under oath • Hinted that powerful people in the Nixon administration were involved

  6. April 30th, 1973: Nixon responds to renewed investigations into Watergate • Fired his chief legal advisor, John Dean • Announced the resignation of his Attorney General, Chief of Staff, and Chief Domestic Adviser • Went on national television to deny any attempt at a cover-up • Appointed a new Attorney General and authorized him to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Watergate

  7. May of 1973: The Senate begins an investigation of Watergate • Called Nixon’s current and former advisers to testify

  8. June of 1973: John Dean testified that the President was deeply involved in the cover-up

  9. July of 1973: A Presidential aide tells the Senate that Nixon routinely taped almost every conversation he had • The battle to gain access to the “Nixon Tapes” begins

  10. October of 1973: the special prosecutor picked to investigate Watergate takes Nixon to court to obtain the tapes, resulting in the Saturday Night Massacre • Nixon orders his Attorney General to fire the special prosecutor • The Attorney General refuses and resigns • The deputy Attorney General refuses and is fired • Eventually, the special prosecutor is fired and replaced by somebody equally determined to get the tapes

  11. March of 1974: Several Presidential aides are indicted on charges related to Watergate

  12. July 24th, 1974: The Supreme Court ruled in Nixon v. The United States that the President had to turn over the tapes

  13. July 27th, 1974: The House Judiciary Committee votes to impeach the President

  14. August 5th, 1974: Nixon releases the tapes • They contained evidence that Nixon had knew about the break-in and had agreed to the cover-up • Also contained a number of mysteriously erased segments

  15. August 8th, 1974: Nixon resigns before he can be impeached

  16. August 9th, 1974: Nixon’s Vice President, Gerald Ford, is sworn in as President • The Vice President that Nixon ran with in 1972, Spiro Agnew, had resigned over an unrelated corruption scandal • Nixon appointed Ford as his Vice President in 1973 with Congress’ approval • Gerald Ford issued a presidential pardon for Nixon so that he could not be prosecuted

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