Watergate The Watergate affair was an event in the history of the United States in July 1972, when a series of scandals which involved President Richard Nixon. In July 1972 people in Nixon’s reelection committee were arrested in Democratic Party headquarters, in the Watergate apartment building in Washington, DC after they attempted to tap telephones. They were all tried and convicted in 1973. District Court Judge John Sirica had suspected that a conspiracy. When one of the …showed first 75 words of 292 total…

…showed last 75 words of 292 total…level officials. In July 1974 the United States House of Representatives began impeachment proceedings. After completing the investigations, the House Judiciary Committee recommended three articles of impeachment: obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and failure to comply with congressional subpoenas. On August 5th Nixon admitted that he had ordered the FBI to stop investigating the Watergate burglary. On August 9th, 1974, he became the first president to resign. One month later his successor, Gerald Ford pardoned him.