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The White House, which pinned Nixon for his Involvement and reasons for the break- in. Almost certain he would be impeached; Nixon resigned on August 8th, 1974. At Onion’s resignation press conference, he stated that he would resign the next day to begin, “that process of healing which Is so desperately needed In America. ” (Herbert, “Nixon Resigns”) The Watergate Scandal led to the controversy that led to Onion’s resignation. Nixon was worried about the outcome of the upcoming election, so he devised a plan to better his chances of victory.
The plan was to obtain papers closing information about his opponent from The National Democratic Committee at the Watergate Hotel. Five men were arrested at the scene of the crime for breaking, entering, and stealing. The FBI connected the men to the White House, which in turn connected Nixon to the scandal. It was later discovered that President Nixon recorded all conversations throughout the White House and Oval Office. These tapes linked Nixon to the burglary and provided evidence for his impeachment. Although Nixon wasn’t in fact impeached, he would have been impeached for three seasons.
Making false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States; 2. Withholding relevant and material evidence or Information from lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the united States; 3. Approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counseling witnesses with respect to the giving of false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized testimony in duly instituted Judicial and congressional proceedings; 4.
Interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force, and Congressional Committees; 5. Approving, condoning, and acquiescing in, the surreptitious payment of substantial sums of money for the purpose of obtaining the silence or influencing the testimony of witnesses, potential witnesses or individuals who participated in such unlawful entry and other illegal activities; 6.
Endeavoring to misuse the Central Intelligence Agency, an agency of the United States; 7. Disseminating information received from officers f the Department of Justice of the United States to subjects of investigations conducted by lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States, for the purpose of aiding and assisting such subjects in their attempts to avoid criminal liability; 8.
Making or causing to be made false or misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that a thorough and complete investigation had been conducted with respect to allegations of misconduct on the part of personnel of the executive branch f the United States and personnel of the Committee for the Re-election of the President, and that there was no involvement of such personnel in such misconduct: or endeavoring to cause prospective defendants, and individuals duly tried and convicted, to expect favored treatment and consideration in return for their silence or false testimony, or rewarding individuals for their silence or false testimony. Farnsworth, “Articles of Impeachment) The second article of impeachment accuses Nixon, “He has failed to take care that the laws were faithfully executed by failing to CT when he knew or had reason to know that his close subordinates endeavored to impede and frustrate lawful inquiries by duly constituted executive, Judicial and legislative entities concerning the unlawful entry into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, and the cover-up thereof, and concerning other unlawful activities including those relating to the confirmation of Richard Slinkiest as Attorney General of the United States, the electronic surveillance of private citizens, the break-in into the offices of Dry. Lewis Fielding, and the campaign managing practices of the Committee to Re-elect the President. ” (Farnsworth, “Articles of Impeachment) This states that due to this break-in and the methods of cover- up used by Nixon, he deserves to be removed from office for being unlawful. By covering up this scandal and claiming he wasn’t involved, Nixon lied to the people and broke his trust and therefore needs to be removed from office.
Now in the third article, Nixon was accused of, “has failed without lawful cause or excuse to produce papers and things as directed by duly authorized subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on April 1 1, 1974, May 15, 1974, May 30, 1974, and June 24, 1974, and willfully disobeyed such subpoenas. The subpoenaed papers and things were deemed necessary by the Committee in order to resolve by direct evidence fundamental, factual questions relating to Presidential direction, knowledge or approval of actions demonstrated by other evidence to be substantial grounds for impeachment of the President. In refusing to produce these papers and things Richard M.