Watergate: Nixon's Downfall

1. How are the "plumbers" connected to President Nixon?

Plumbers were the people who broke into watergate to help save Nixon, these men were used to stop leaks from getting to the public. They are connected to president Nixon because they worked for him.

2. Who was the judge? Why did he hand out maximum sentences?

The judge was John Sirica and he handed out maxium sentences because he was informed in a letter that the bulgars had not acted alone and that they had lied under oath. The letter also hinted that powerful men in Nixons administration were involved in watergate. he couldnt decide who was lying and he wanted people to be scared of what was going to happen so that they would tell the truth.

3. How were Mitchell and Dean connected to Nixon?

John Mitchell was Nixons former attorney, and dean was Nixons presidential counsel, but dean was also the man who told the court that Nizon had been deeply involved in watergate.

4. How were Haldeman and Erlichman connected to Nixon?

Haldenman was Nixons chief of Staff, and John Ehrilchman was Nixons Cheif Domestic Advisor.

5. What did the following men tell the Senate about Nixon?

a. Dean- Told Nixon was deeply involved in the coverup, He talked about a meeting where Nixon and some of his advisers talked about how they were going to continue the deceit.

b. Butterfield- He told the court that Nixon had taped all of his meetings so that he would be able to write his memoir.

6. Who was fired or forced to resign in the "massacre"?

Fired- Cox, and Attorney General Richardson because he refused to fire Cox.

general robert bork was the one who finally fired Cox

7. Why weren't investigators satisified with the transcripts?

The investagators were upest becuase Nixon gave them the edited tapes of Watergate, and they demanded for the unedited ones.

8. What did the tapes reveal?

The tapes revealed that there was not enough evidence to impeach president Nixon.

9. Why did Vice President Spiro Agnew resign?

Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned because in 1973 he was under investigation of extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy; but later that year he was formally charged with accepting bribes of more than $100,000. It was agreed that if he paid $29,500 (his income) and he resigned as the vice president he would not have to go to jail.

10. What did the House Judiciary Committee charge President Nixon with?

The House Judiciary Committee charged President Nixon with three forms of impeachment. Charging him with obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress for refusing to obey a congressional subpoena (releasing the tapes).