Watergate Scandal

The Watergate Scandal
Richard Nixon resigns in New York Times Newspaper
After reading and analyzing an article on PBS, I gained a new view of the history of the Watergate Scandal. This was a topic I honestly knew very little about but heard it mentioned on a television show that I watch. This took place in the 1970's with a significant run-in with the law regarding private government papers and President Richard Nixon. In 1972 Five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. There was discovered to be some sort of direct connection between these criminals and President Nixon, eventually causing this to be one of the largest scandals in the history of the United States. His connection to the incident was regarding the government's role in covering up the entire situation. Richard Nixon was and remains the only President of the United States to ever resign. This was interesting to read about something I knew basically nothing about and I will most likely even go watch the movie of it I have heard so much about.

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