Professor Irving Friday, December 8, 2017 The Watergate Scandal Shortly after midnight on the morning of July 17, 1972, a security guard at the Watergate complex noticed that the latches on some doors were covered in duct tape. Without thinking about the situation, the guard removed the tape and continued his rounds. An hour later, the guard returned and found that the latches had been taped shut again. That's when he called the police. Thus began one of the most infamous political scandals in American history. Say no to plagiarism. Get a custom essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”?Get the original essay Investigations into the Watergate scandal revealed a conspiracy demonstrating the abuse of power by President Richard Nixon's administration. Ultimately, this led to impeachment proceedings against the president and then his resignation. It all started with the arrest of five burglars for breaking into the Watergate complex in Washington DC. At the time, the Watergate complex housed the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The five men were arrested at the DNC premises. The DNC offices were found to have been “bugged” with listening and recording devices. During the early stages of their investigation, the FBI found the name of one E. Howard Hunt in the address books of two of the burglars. Hunt was a former CIA officer who, at the time, worked for the White House. This immediately raised other red flags in the investigation. The White House has tried to distance itself from the incident, saying it was a "third-rate burglary attempt." President Nixon said that White House Counsel John Dean had conducted an investigation and that "no one on the White House staff, no one in this administration, currently employed, was involved in this very bizarre incident ". John Dean had not conducted any investigation and would not conduct any investigation. The FBI investigation revealed that a cashier's check intended for the Committee on the Re-election of the President (CRP) was found in the bank account of one of the burglars. This uncovered thousands of additional dollars in the burglars' accounts, which could be linked to CRP. This directly implicated the CRP and the Nixon administration. On October 10, 1972, the FBI reported that the Watergate burglary was part of a major political conspiracy orchestrated by the Nixon administration. Despite this, President Nixon was re-elected and sworn in for his second term in November of that year. In January of the following year, the Watergate burglars went to trial after being indicted by a grand jury, and all five pleaded guilty. In addition to the burglars, two other people were indicted. They were G. Gordan Liddy, attorney for the CRP, and Hunt. It turned out that Liddy and Hunt were supervising the break-in from a room at the Watergate Hotel. However, two months after President Nixon took office for his second term, one of the burglars wrote a letter to the judge who had presided over their trial. In the letter, he stated that he had perjured himself under pressure and that the break-in was not a CIA operation, as previously believed, but rather involved other high-ranking government officials. This led us straight to the White House. The letter sparked renewed interest in the situation. Shortly thereafter, two White House aides, the Attorney General and John Dean, resigned from their positions. This was a move aimed at saving and distancing the presidency from allegations of.