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3 days ago · The Watergate scandal was a major political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation.
2 days ago · Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States (1969–74), who, faced with almost certain impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal, became the first American president to resign from office. He was also vice president (1953–61) under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
22 hours ago · Twenty years before Watergate, then-Sen. Richard Nixon’s national political ambitions were in peril.He was accused of dipping into a private, $18,000 slush fund to cover expenses, and doubts ...
2 days ago · Richard Nixon - Watergate, Resignation, Impeachment: Renominated with Agnew in 1972, Nixon defeated his Democratic challenger, liberal Sen. George S. McGovern, in one of the largest landslide victories in the history of American presidential elections: 46.7 million to 28.9 million in the popular vote and 520 to 17 in the electoral vote.
6 days ago · Richard Nixon would have been cleared of the Watergate scandal under the new Supreme Court formula for presidential immunity, a constitutional law professor told Newsweek.
1 day ago · Richard Nixon was whether the president and his closest aides had conspired to obstruct justice in the Watergate break-in coverup. Just sixteen days later, the Court concluded that, while Nixon could claim a limited privilege for some confidential communications, that privilege could be overcome by the overarching public interest in prosecuting ...
Jun 13, 2024 · Richard Nixon's Paranoia Leads to Watergate Scandal. In the book, Woodward and Bernstein told the behind-the-scenes story of unearthing the Watergate scandal, beginning with the 1972 burglary...
