1. Watergate and Beyond Mr Carpenito
Chap 30.2
Watergate and Beyond Mr Carpenito

2. A. The Beginning of a Scandal 1
A. The Beginning of a Scandal 1. Watergate- political scandal named after burglarized building a. 6/17/ men broke into DNC headquarters b. 1 CRP (Committee to Reelect President), others former White House aides

3. c. Nixon denied any involvement d
c. Nixon denied any involvement d. Won reelection (72’) over George McGovern e. Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein continued investigating 1) Found evidence that CRP hidden illegal campaign contributions 2) Began publishing stories in Washington Post

4. f. Convicted burglar James
McCord wrote letter to Judge
1) He was told to plead guilty
& keep silent
2) Also stated 5 not only ones
involved
B. The Investigation
1. 2/1973 Senate began own
investigation
2. Nixon tried to cut all ties
back to himself

5. a. Forced Chief of Staff & chief advisor to resign b
a. Forced Chief of Staff & chief advisor to resign b. Fired White House attorney John Dean 3. Under Senate pressure, Nixon appointed independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox 4. Millions watched Senate hearings on TV a. John Dean most damaging witness

6. b. Revealed that Nixon records most conversations 1) Senate asked for tapes 2) Nixon refused-executive privilege- presidents right to keep info secret to protect national security c. Prosecutor Cox asked for a court order to get tapes

7. d. 10/20/73 Nixon ordered Attorney General to fire Cox 1) Instead he resigned 2) 2nd highest Justice Dept official also resigned 3) Finally Robert Bork named acting Attorney General fired Cox e. Resignations & firings became known as Saturday Night Massacre
Pics: 1 Elliot Richardson 2. Elliot Ruckelshaus 3. Robert Bork 4. Archibald Cox

8. f. Approval rating plummeted & talk of impeachment g
f. Approval rating plummeted & talk of impeachment g. Discovered VP Agnew failed to pay taxes & took bribes 1) Resigned 2) Nixon selected Minority Leader Gerald Ford new VP

9. C. Nixon’s Resignation 1. Formal process begun to impeach after massacre a. Nixon finally turned over few tapes & heavily edited transcripts of others b. 18 min segment of 1 tape erased c. New prosecutor asked for 64 more tapes

10. 1) 7/74 SCOTUS ordered Pres to turn over all tapes 2) Conversations proved Nixon ordered cover-up d. Committee asked House to vote to impeach e. Former supporters asked him to resign f. 8/8/74 Nixon announce resignation 1) Next day Ford becomes President