The Watergate Scandal

                     In the Watergate Scandal of 1972-1974, President Nixon and his Presidency Administration create an illegal espionage. He and his Administration were very worried about the upcoming election and wanted to make sure the Republican party would win the nomination. To increase their chances of winning, they tapped into the Democratic Party’s headquarters at the Watergate Hotel. To do this they tapped into the office’s phones and stole top-secret documents. Through out the campaign for the presidency, the Nixon Administration used the documents they had illegally aquirred to dismantle the Democratic Party. Information started adding up to the fact that the Democratic Party’s private information was being stolen. Then the thieves were uncovered.  During a tap-in to the Democratic secret conversations, the wiring of the microphones failed. On June 17th, a group of the Nixon Administration tried to break into the Democratic office, but were turned into the police when one of the hotel’s guards noticed the break-in. The burglary did not immediately connect to the President’s Administration, but as time went on and as puzzle pieces were put together, President Nixon and his Administration were charged espionage. President Nixon denied the claims against him as being related to the burglary when the public and Democratic Party started questioning and charging him with being part of the scandal. As time went on though, and the facts started adding up, President Nixon was charged by the Senate with illegal conduct against his opposing governmental Party and demanded the information on the tapes that were gained through the wire tapping. Finally in March of 1974, after The Supreme Court ordered him to turn over all the tapes he had aquired, Nixon’s criminal cover-up began falling apart. After all the information on the tapes was carefully examined, the Senate was given the opportunity to vote for impeachment against the President. Knowing that he would be charged undoubtedly with impeachment, President Nixon became the first and only President to resigned the Presidence before his term was up. After Nixon resigned, many of his advisors and other members of his Administration were either released from their duty or resigned themselves. In the end of the entire scheme, Nixon and his Administration suffered the consequences of cheating and ultimately lost the Presidence of the United States of America.