Watergate Scandal by aLex Cruz

List of important people involved: Richard Nixon and his adminnistration, The Democratic Party, CREEP
Date of event: 1972 to 1974
Took place: Washington D.C.


Watergate is a scandal that happened in 1972 during the presidency of Richard N. Nixon. it is composed of a lot of political scandals between 1972 and 1974. They are illegal things that the Nixon administration did and tried to cover up. Watergate is the name of a hotel in Washington D.C. where the Democratic party was staying. The Nixon administration decided to bug the phones there and find out what the democratic party was up to. The Nixon administration denied everything and attempted to cover it up. Then it all came out, and many tried to get Nixon impeached. Nixon ended up resigning on August 8 of 1974. The web of political scandal that now is synonymous with Watergate include; "bribery, extortion, phone tapping, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, tax fraud , illegal use of government agencies such as the CIA and the FBI, illegal campaign contributions and use of public money for private purposes" (Watergate.info 1).

Watergate is the political scandal of the 1970's, and is what ruined Nixon's reputation. Nixon had a fine reputation before this.He served in the comission to find communists and was liked for doing that. That helped Nixon get elected president in 1968. Then around 1972 people from the Republican party were caught attempting to bug the Democrats' phones at the Watergate Hotel (the Democratic Party's headquarters). Nixon denied any affiliation with them and attempted to cover this up by using the CIA. The guys that were arrested were Virgilio Gonzalez, Bernard Barker, James W. McCord Jr., Eugenio Martinez, and Frank Stugis. They were all part of CREEP (Commitee to Re-Elect the President). Then an investigation took place. It found evidence that the Republican Party was paying expensive for those 5 dudes, and that they were part of CREEP. This made Nixon look bad. His popularity dropped and was eventually almost impeached. He eneded up resigning in August of 1974, before that happened.