Had Richard M. Nixon not resigned as President of the United States on August 9th, 1974, he most definitely would have been impeached and removed from office. In June of 1972, a group of men hired by Nixon’s reelection committee were caught breaking into the offices of the Democratic national headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. This break-in and attempted bugging were only part of a series of illegal activities conducted by the Nixon administration and the Committee to Re-Elect the President. The outcome of the Watergate scandal went beyond the public humiliation of Richard Nixon and the conviction and jailing of twenty-six White House officials and aides. The scandal had an extremely negative impact on the political system of the United States during the 1970’s. Watergate contributed to a growing loss of faith in the federal government that originally stemmed from the public’s opposition to the Vietnam conflict.
The Watergate scandal was a major contributor to the downfall of Richard Nixon and his administration, however, there were other factors involved. The news of 3,500 secret bombings in Cambodia authorized by Nixon further discredited him and led to an act
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Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon. A Senate committee on Watergate led by Sam Ervin of North Carolina and an investigation team headed by Archibald Cox showed that this incident was one of many scandals. The tapes showed that Nixon had participated in the Watergate cover-up as early as June 23rd, 1972. The scandals of the 1970’s had an extremely negative impact on the political system of the United States. During the investigation there were indications that the burglars were connected to high government officials in the executive branch.
If Nixon had not resigned he would have been impeached, convicted and removed from office. These actions were financed by secret illegal campaign contributions from people seeking political favors. Three days later on August 8th, 1974 Nixon announced that he would resign as President of the United States. The plumbers accomplished their task by placing wiretaps on government employees and reporters. Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon. In July of 1973, the testimony of White House aide Alexander Butterfield, confirmed the existence of a taping system that Nixon had ordered installed in the White House. Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, who succeeded Cox after his dismissal, subpoenaed these tapes as well as other documents of specific meetings held in the White House. The Nixon Presidency: Power and Politics in Turbulent Times.
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