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The Washington Post: The Washington Post is significant in Watergate Scandal as its young reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, were among the major people that uncovered the detail of the Watergate scandal (Marshall, 2011).
Resignation: President Nixon resigned from the office on 09 August, 1973 after acknowledging that he knew about the Watergate scheme after the occurrence of the burglary. He also confessed that he had created obstacles in the efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Thus, all his confessions inflamed widespread calls for him to resign (Faragher, 2005). Thus, Presiden Nixon turned out to be the first American President who resigned from his powerful position.
Ford pardons Nixon: Gerald Ford, the subsequent President, granted pardon to Nixon on September 08, 1974. He did so as he wanted people to forget about the Watergate scandal and concentrate on the immediate issues that the United States of America was facing in 1974 (Walker, 2012).
Break-in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters: This June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters (Watergate office Complex) is the main event that started the Watergate Scandal when five burglars forced an entry in offices of the Democratic Party's National Committee (Waldron, 2012). They abolished important documents under the supervision of governmental officials; arising the Watergate Scandal.
Archibald Cox: He was one of the special prosecutors who were involved in the investigations of the Watergate Scandal. His name is particularly important as he refused to discontinue his investigations under the pressure of White House. Because of his honest endeavors, the Watergate scandal came to public sight and made President Richard M. Nixon resign from his seat (Hall, 2008).
References
Faragher, J. M. (2005). Out of Many: A History of the American People (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.
Hall, M. K. (2008). Historical Dictionary of the Nixon-Ford Era. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press.
Marshall, J. (2011). Watergate's Legacy and the Press: The Investigative Impulse. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press.
Waldron, L. (2012). Watergate: The Hidden History: Nixon, the Mafia, and the CIA. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint.
Walker, S. (2012). Presidents and Civil Liberties from Wilson to Obama: A Story of Poor Custodians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
