The Nixon White House tapes revealed that he had conspired to cover up activities that took place after the burglary and had later tried to use federal officials to deflect attention from the investigation. Supreme Court ruled that Nixon had to release the Oval Office tapes to government investigators. Several major revelations and egregious presidential actions obstructing the investigation later in 1973 prompted the House to commence an impeachment process against Nixon. The Senate Watergate hearings were broadcast 'gavel-to-gavel' nationwide by PBS and aroused public interest. Throughout the investigation, Nixon's administration resisted its probes, and this led to a constitutional crisis. Witnesses testified that Nixon had approved plans to cover up his administration's involvement in the burglary, and that there was a voice-activated taping system in the Oval Office. Senate Watergate Committee, which held hearings. House Judiciary Committee additional investigative authority-to probe into 'certain matters within its jurisdiction', and led the Senate to create the U.S. Further investigations, along with revelations during subsequent trials of the burglars, led the House of Representatives to grant the U.S. at the Watergate Office Building.Īfter the five perpetrators were arrested, the press and the Department of Justice connected the cash found on them at the time to the Committee for the Re-Election of the President. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's attempts to cover up its involvement in the Jbreak-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation.

White tv cord cover