Informative Speech On The Watergate Scandal

The Watergate Scandal happened on June 17, 1972, in the Watergate building, Washington D.C. There will be questions throughout about the Watergate Scandal: What happened the President Richard Nixon, Who was president and part of the Scandal during that time. Impeachment of Richard Nixon will also be discussed because of his connection with the Watergate Scandal. Also, there will be a series of questions,What is impeachment?, When and why did process come about?, Tell about the impeachment process in Watergate?, and How has it been used recently? These questions will help better understand the Watergate Scandal and the Impeachment process that was put on Richard Nixon.

After Nixon was connected to the break-in of the offices of the DNC at the Watergate business complex, in part due to the affiliation of his connection to one of the burglars, who was an employee of Nixon’s Committee for the Re-election of the President (CREEP), it gradually became apparent that the Watergate break in was largely a result of Nixon’s beliefs concerning the degree of latitude his office afforded him with regards to transgression of federal law. As the result of an investigation by a senate committee prompted by the Watergate scandal, it was discovered that during his presidency Nixon had committed a number of crimes, which included “extending political favors to powerful business groups in exchange

The feeling of wariness for those in politics was not always existent; although only three presidents have faced impeachment charger, only one president has left office. Richard Nixon was the thirty seventh president of the United States, a man in the public eye for many years as both a U.S. representative and Senator (“Richard”), well educated and around sixty when he resigned from the position as president. On the evening of August 8, 1974, Nixon delivered his resignation speech over a public broadcast from his Oval Office to the people of the United States. The former president gave this speech to inform the nation of the upcoming changing president; he also voiced his hopes for the country in future affairs, especially the foreign policies

All the President’s Men is a historical investigative story of the Watergate scandal that eventually forced President Richard Nixon to resign in the first year of his second term as a president. He is the only president that had to resign. The story is based on two Washington Post reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who investigated the Watergate story. The book started with Woodward receiving a call from the city editor of the Washington Post about a burglary at the Democratic headquarters. Bernstein was also assigned to report on the burglary at the Watergate hotel. Although in the beginning the two reporters were in competition, they soon started to work together. The story, they found out, was much deeper and complex than just

Do you think President Trump will be the first sitting president to face impeachment? Unfortunately for us the answer is no, he won’t be first but hopefully he’s next. Our 37th President, Richard Nixon, was almost impeached for the events that took place on June 17, 1972, the night of the Watergate break in, which would come to be known as the Watergate Scandal. The Watergate Scandal involved robbery, presidential corruption, verbal harassment as-well as assaults on a senator’s wife, and a long list of other unlawful acts. What is amazing about this scandal, is that it shows that crime happens on all levels of society, and that even the leader of the free world should be held accountable for his actions. After all

On July 17, 1972, the Watergate hotel, the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, was broken into by five men. After being caught, it was found that these men carried top of the line surveillance equipment. It was also found that these men had ties to the committee to re-elect Nixon as President of the United States, and this discovery eventually led to the ironic impeachment of President Nixon. Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the break-in, it was Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, two common reporters from the Washington Post, who cracked this case wide open. This team, nicknamed Woodstein, went above and beyond, not only covering the break in, but traced why it occurred all the way up to the white house.

In 1972 former U.S senator and representative Richard M. Nixon ran for re-election and was opted to win. On June 17, 1972 members of Nixon 's Committee to Re-Elect the president (known as CREEP) broke into Watergate headquarters and stole top secret documents and bugged phone lines. When security guards found that the locks have been taped shut they call the police who later found the men hijacked the phones. The police were able to find little trace back to Nixon. Later on that year Nixon give a speech saying that he had no involvement in the Watergate scandal, most voters believed it because he was re-elected.

On November 29, 1963 new President Lyndon B. Johnson (aka LBJ) signed an executive order

When politicians do something unpleasant, they get rid of it consequence, like what happened to president Nixon for his participation in the Watergate break in. The Watergate break in is when five men were caught looking for documents that might harm the candidacy of the Democratic nominee, George McGovern. Nixon stooped the FBI investigation, and claimed that its executive privilege, also he said that would risk the national security. People argue that if the political system advantage or disadvantage the abuse of power. Looking at the Watergate break in, we can tell that the American political system advantage abuse of power.

For sheer audacity, nothing beats Kennedy's speech to “...land a man on the moon and bring him safely back to the earth.” He could have said, “We will make the biggest pizza pie the world has ever seen and have every American eat a slice with the Soviet Union watching on live TV,” but that wouldn't have fired up quite the same fires of passion and imagination, or unleashed the tremendous wave of innovation the moonshot did.

Richard Nixon was walking straight outta Compton on October 31, 1969 going around dressed up as JFK. He was walking around with all his silver dollar pancakes trying to get rides from people to get back to Washington, D.C. to deliver a speech. The only problem was that his silver dollar pancake mix was not currency until it was a solid. So somehow, some way he had to make it go from liquid to gas. Or make his candy burn to make his Walmart silver dollar pancake mix legal currency, or burn this trash that he found trying to sell, so he tried to get it to change colors.

Have you ever kept a secret? I’m not talking about when someone tells you something and you keep it to yourself it’s more like when you know something that no one else knows and telling someone about it takes away from your pleasure, from your secret. One man kept a huge secret for 33 years it was a secret that changed the face of the U.S. politics, his name was Mark Felt. Mark Felt, also known as “Deep Throat,” former FBI special agent was a big character in the Watergate Scandal he leaked information to two men working for ‘the Post’ at the time of the break in. The Watergate Scandal was a major political scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

For many, if not most, of the past presidents of the United States, taking the up mantle and leading the country is a joyous occasion, one riddled with the trappings of fanfare and accomplishment. For some, however, taking the title of United States president is far less cheerful and jubilant. One such instance, one that will be forever remembered in American history, is the day Lyndon Baynes Johnson stepped up to the plate and became president of the United States.

Elsie Harris was born on September 18, 1961 in Martinsville, Indiana, seventh out of nine children. She grew up in a nicer, friendlier, simpler time. Kids respected their parents and did whatever needed done, and family mattered. People were not as cruel as they are now, aside from “pesky brothers”, Elsie says. You did not have to be afraid to let your kids go out and play. One way or another, food always made it to the table, even if there was not any. Times were tough, but they had all they ever needed: love.

Edward Snowden was a contractor for N.S.A., he took steps to secure (steal) a User ID and Password from a co-worker. He used the stolen information to download highly confidential information and documents. The N.S.A. had spent some time collecting (Spying) on the American People and people from other Country’s who may have contact individuals in the United State. The N.S.A collected this information by tracking phone calls, text messages, emails and chats without the consent of the individuals involved. N.S.A. justified it as a way to protect National Security. The ethical issues that were involved in this case were: the stealing of government property, the disclosure of confidential information, the risk of human lives and