Watergate
...and Richard Nixon were talking about how much it would cost to keep the burglars quiet about was going on (Staff Washington Post, 110). During this meeting Nixon stated “How much money do you need?” and Dean replied “I would say these people are going to cost a million dollars over the next few years.” Nixon then said “We could get that. On the money, if you need the money you could get that. You could get a million dollars. You could get it in cash. I know where it could be gotten. It is not easy, but it could be done. But the question is who the hell would handle it? Any ideas on that (Staff Washington Post,110)?” Richard Nixon said the purpose of the payments is to “to keep the cap on the bottle (Staff Washington Post).” On March 20, 1973 there was a telephone conversation between Nixon and Dean where they were discussing what Dean was going to say in a statement that he was going to give (Staff Washington Post, 97). In this conversation the president said “You’ve got to have something where it doesn’t appear that I am doing this in (Staff Washington Post, 97).” He was telling Dean to cover up and to use general answers in the statement so that nothing could be proved (Staff Washington Post, 97). In another meeting that Dean and Nixon had Nixon said “You really can’t sit and worry about it all the time. The worst may happen but it may not. So just try to button it up as well as you can and hope for the best (Staff Washington Post, XXVII).” Richard Nixon did not seem very worried about getting caught and I think he was just trying to reassure Dean so that Dean would keep covering things up for him. Another form of evidence that there was against Richard Nixon was the testimony by John Dean. John Dean had been granted immunity, but in order to get that immunity he was forced to give his testimony in court (DASH, 163). John Dean gave a daylong statement and what he said proved that the President of the United States, Richard Nixon had been involved in crimes that exceeded that of the breaking and entering of the Watergate building (DASH, 163). “He had authorized illegal police-state methods and had abused the power of executive law enforcement agencies to crush dissent and to destroy his enemies (DASH, 164).” “And he had participated in the greatest obstruction of justice and cover-up in the history of the country to conceal his involvement and the involvement of his subordinates in illegal activities (DASH, 164).” The Articles of impeachment are the actual charges that were brought up against Richard Nixon to impeach him. Article one state “In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impended the administration of justice, in that: On June 17, 1972, and prior thereto, agents of the Committee for the Re-election of the President committed unlawful entry of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, District of Columbia, for the purpose of securing political intelligence. Subsequent thereto, Richard M. Nixon, using the powers of his high office, engaged personally and through his close subordinates and agents, in a course of conductor plan designed to delay, impede, and obstruct the investigation of such illegal entry; to cover up, conceal and protect those responsible; and to conceal the existence and scope of other unlawful covert activities (Staff of NY Times, 317).” This was the charge against Richard Nixon for trying to cover up the breaking and entering of the Watergate buildings and trying to stop the FBI investigations of it. Article two says “Using the powers of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in disregard of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has repeatedly engaged in conduct violating the constitutional rights of citizens, impairing the due and proper administration of justice and the conduct of lawful inquiries, or contravening the laws governing agencies of the executive branch and the purposed of these agencies (Staff of NY Times, 319).” Article two was the charges brought up on him for paying people off with money that he was not suppose to be using and for misusing his powers over the CIA and FBI. Article three says “has failed without lawful cause or excuse to produce papers and things as directed by duly authorized subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on April 11, 1974, May 15, 1974, May 30, 1974, and June 24, 1974, and willfully disobeyed such subpoenas. The subpoe...