In the presidential election of 1972, in order to obtain the intelligence of the internal campaign strategy of the Democratic Party, in June 1972, 17 * * and five people, led by James McCord, the chief security adviser of the party's campaign team, sneaked into the office of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C. ..
He was arrested on the spot while installing a bug and shooting related documents. Because of this, Nixon announced his resignation the next day on August 8 1974, thus becoming the first president in American history to resign because of a scandal.
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1On July 8, 974, the Supreme Court passed a ruling against Nixon by eight votes to none. At the same time, the newspaper issued a public opinion calling for his resignation, and Congress kept calling for his impeachment.
On August 7th, when Nixon called Haldeman and told him that he had decided to resign, he said, "It is difficult for me to get political support from Congress. If I want to remain president, I need this support.
I can't see that our country is divided and our foreign policy is destroyed because of impeachment trial for six months or more. "So the next day he announced his resignation as president.
1 month later, Nixon was pardoned from all charges related to Watergate, and 20 subordinates who thought they were acting on behalf of the president were convicted. ?
People's Daily Online-1974 On August 8, Nixon resigned due to the Watergate incident.