Watergate

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Watergate
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A. Election of 1972

• Nixons first term
• Ehrlichman Haldeman
• Watergate Plot
• Woodward and Bernstein

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B. The Scandal Unfolds

• After the Election
• Nixons Reaction
• Senate Investigation begins May of 1973
• Alexander Butterfield

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C. Saturday Night Massacre

• Executive Privilege
• Cox and Senate wanted the tapes
• AG Elliot Richardson ordered to fire Cox

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D. Crisis ends with Resignation

• Im not a crook
• 18 ½ minute Gap
• August 8, 1974
• Nixons Pardon

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