Watergate: Nixon's Downfall

1. How were the "plumbers" connected to President Nixon?
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2. Who was the judge? Why did he hand out maximum sentences?
The judge was John Sirica
3. How were Mitchell and Dean connected to Nixon?
Mitchell was Nixon's former attorny general, he was also the director of CRP, Dean was a White House councel and he was the first to start to convict Nixon.
4. How were Haldeman and Erlichman connected to Nixon?
Halderman was the White House Chief of Staff and Erlichman was the cheif domestic advisor to the president.
5. What did the following men tell the Senate about Nixon?

a. Dean
Dean to told the Senate that Nixon was deeply involved in the cover up.
b. Butterfield
Butterfield revealed that the president had taped all of his conversations as president.
6. Who was fired or forced to resign in the "massacre"?
In the massacre Richardson, Cox, and Jaworski had to leave office.
7. Why weren't investigators satisified with the transcripts?
The investigaters weren't satisfied with the trascripts because they were eddited, and were not of all of the tapes.
8. What did the tapes reveal?
The tapes confermed that the allagations against Nixon were all true, and that he did try to coverup the break it.
9. Why did Vice President Spiro Agnew resign?
Agnew resigned because he had accepted bribes from engeneering firms while govemer of Maryland.
10. What did the House Judiciary Committee charge President Nixon with?
The house judiciary committee charged Nixon with obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of congress.
11. How did the Watergate scandal create a constitutional crisis?
The Watergate scandal created a constitutional problem because Nixon claimed that they were his personal properaty, and that they were a matter of national security.