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In late May there were surveillance cameras installed in and around the outside of the Watergate building. These cameras were actually bugging equipment.
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Five men were found trying to set up more cameras so they could get access to important documents. They almost got away with it but a security guard saw that there was tape over the lock of the door and became suspicious.
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After a long period of investigation, President Nixon was able to announce that staff members at the White House were not involved in the Watergate scandal. John Dean was the main investigator and he carefully examined the bugging devices.
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The seven men indicted were advisors to President Nixon. Nixon was also accused as a co-conspirator but was not indicted.
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This committee was formed to investigate the Watergate burglaries. This group also played an important role in gathering evidence that led to the indictment of many presidential advisors and office aides.
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On April 23 a White House staff member released a document saying that the President has no knowledge about the Watergate affairs prior to them occuring. People were relieved to hear this because they would be concerned if the president knew about it and did not tell anyone or do anything about it.
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H.R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, and John Dean were three staff members of the White House who resigned. They chose to resign after they feared they would become scapegoats for the scandals.
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President Nixon refused to protest against the Watergate scandals or release files with information. Some people were angered at this because they thought he was hiding details that the public deserved to know.
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The White House taping system was installed to record any important information that was previously kept private. Nixon did not like that the system was installed in and around his office.
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Nixon refused to comply because he did not feel that investigators had a right to listen to the tapes with private meetings on them. The investigators wanted the tapes to investigate a cover-up.
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President Nixon agreed to hand over the tapes before there was any more suspicion about them. Although Nixon agreed to hand over the tapes, he still made it clear he did not want to.
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When an 18 1/2 minute gap was found in one of the conversations, many people wondered what happened during the gap. Nixon's secretary said that she accidentally recorded over a section of the tape when she answered the phone, causing a gap.
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A subpoena was issued to get many of the tapes so they could continue the investigations. The prosecutors wanted to use the tapes as evidence against President Nixon.
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After much investigation there was enough evidence to impeach President Nixon. Article 1 said that Nixon had failed at upholding his responsibilities as President.
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Two days after adopting article 1, the House Judiciary Committee adopted article 2. Article 2 stated that Nixon had acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President.
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The third article was the final article before Nixon's impeachment. It said that President Nixon had not done his best to protect and defend the United States.
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Nixon announced that he was resigning as President during a television broadcast. After dealing with pressure from the Watergate scandals, he became the first president to resign.
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Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon because he said Watergate should be put behind so America can move on. Many people were upset that he pardoned him.
