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Watergate Scandal
Nixon and his staff made a team of government people, known as “the Plumbers” to investigate the Pentagon Papers. On September 9, the "plumbers" break into the office of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist, in a bad attempt to steal psychiatric records to get Daniel Ellsberg in trouble which is the defense analyst who told about the Pentagon Papers to the press. -
Watergate Scandal
G. Gordon Liddy is moved to the Committee to Re-Elect the President , where he gets green lighted from Attorney General John Mitchell for messing with the Democratic Party. -
Watergate Scandal
Nixons team of people broke into the Watergate and tapped the phones. -
Watergate Scandal
Evidence from the break in surfaced and five were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters for bugging and having money with tapes. -
Watergate Scandal
Nixon says that John Dean has started an investigation into the Watergate break-in, and later said has found no evidence of White House involvement. -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate Scandal trial begins with Judge Sirica -
Watergate Scandal
Former Nixon aide and FBI agent G. Gordon Liddy and James McCord are convicted for the break-in at Watergate. They are found guilty of conspiracy, bugging DNC headquarters, and burglary. Four others had already plead guilty. Judge John J. Sirica threatens them with long prison sentences unless they say something. -
Watergate Scandal
Nixon meets John Dean to talk about a cancer in the white house. They talk about being bribed to cover up the scandal -
Watergate Scandal
The investigation or scandal has reached the White House. White House helps H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman resign over Watergate. Attorney General Richard Kleindienst and John Dean resigns. The White House counsel gets fired. -
Watergate Scandal also November 17
A month after Nixon took to the press with a speech of sorts saying he was innocent and not a crook. The government officers resigned their positions in the same day. -
Watergate Scandal
The House Judiciary Committee passes three articles of impeachment against Nixon, for obstruction of justice, misuse of power and contempt of Congress. The committee sent the impeachment to the floor for a full House vote, but it never occurred. -
Watergate Scandal
Nixon resigned from presidency and performed his speech.
