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12 de abr. de 2024 · Watergate scandal, interlocking political scandals of the administration of U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon that were revealed following the arrest of five burglars at Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate office-apartment-hotel complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972. On August 9, 1974, facing likely impeachment ...
2 de ene. de 2024 · During the spring of 1974, the Committee on the Judiciary conducted an investigation of Nixon’s actions. Beginning in July, the Committee conducted televised hearings, during which three articles of impeachment were adopted. In late July, Nixon’s claim of executive privilege concerning the transcripts was rejected by the Supreme Court.
9. The “smoking gun” tape as the coup de grace. The release of the “smoking gun” tape, among 64 recordings that Nixon was forced to surrender by the Supreme Court, ended the Watergate drama. The tape showed Nixon ordering a cover-up of the break-in right after it happened in June 1972. 10.
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974.A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ...
22 de feb. de 2021 · Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. In a perfect storm of unlikely circumstances, Barbara Jordan, a junior congresswoman from Houston, Texas, who grew up in segregation, landed a primetime spot ...
Annotations. For the first time in more than a hundred years, 883 Congress moved to impeach the President of the United States, a move forestalled only by the resignation of President Nixon on August 9, 1974. 884 Three articles of impeachment were approved by the House Judiciary Committee, charging obstruction of the investigation of the “Watergate” burglary inquiry, misuse of law ...
8 de jun. de 2017 · Richard Nixon Resignation After Johnson, several U.S. presidents faced threats of impeachment, including Grover Cleveland , Herbert Hoover , Harry Truman , Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush .
