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CONGRESS
Congress moves to impeach Nixon -
INVESTIGATION
Over next 2 years Woodward and another reporter named Carl Bernstein investigated this case. They uncovered a scandal. -
PUBLIC
The public learns Watergate was just one of many surveillance operations directed by Presidents campaign -
BOB WOODWARD STORY
Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covered a seemingly insignificant story. Five men had broken into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate Apartment/Office Complex.
Woodward went to the bail hearing for the men. One of them James McCord when asked where he worked said he was retired from the CIA. This got Woodward interested. -
HR HALDEMAR
HR Haldemar recommends to President Nixon they try to shut down the FBI investigation by getting the CIA to tell them to "stay the hell out of this" -
INDICTMENTS
E. Howard Hunt, G. Gordon LIddy and the five Watergate burglars are indicted by a federal grand jury. They were Virgilio Gonzalez, Bernard Barker, James McCord, Eugenie Martinez and Frank Sturgis. -
ELECTION
Richard Nixon wins re-election for President. He won by one of the largest margins in history -
WHITE HOUSE TAPES
Special prosecutor Archibald Cox took Nixon to court to make him give up tapes, recording white house conversations.
Nixon solicitor Robert Bork fired Cox but Nixons reputation was damaged -
TRIAL
Watergate burglars go on trial -
SPIRO AGNEW RESIGNS
Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns due to corruption when he was governor of Maryland. Gerald Ford became Vice President -
CO-CONSPIRATOR
Nixon is named as an unindicited co-conspirator -
NIXON RESIGNS
Nixon Resigns