A) he was forced to admit that he had been having an affair with a member of his staff…
He, along with the rest of the hired intruders, was caught in the act by security guards. Their mission was to install eavesdropping equipment in the chambers and to retrieve secret democratic files, so the president would know the Democrats’ secret plans. It was later confirmed that Nixon, along with most of his administration, was involved in the scandal. Nixon and his administration violated the constitution in two different ways. They violated the constitution by committing perjury and by obstructing justice. Nixon and his administration committed perjury b denying their involvement with the scandal. They obstructed justice by bribing individuals to remain silent towards the Scandal and by editing and erasing information off of the audio tapes. These audio tapes were key evidence that would have allowed the case to have been solved…
Hardball: What Decision Will You Take? Using his years of experience within the White House, Chris Matthews wrote Hardball, a book about how politics in the White House is essentially a game. Play it right, be successful. Play it wrong, and your political career could come to an end. Matthew’s outlines various maxims to play the game right, however there are two maxims that are essential to be successful; “Leave no shot unanswered” and “Always Concede on Principle”.…
During Gowdy’s question of Jim, it is clear that Clinton has not been in the ballpark of authenticity. Any reasonable person in Clinton’s position should have known a private email is no place to send or receive classified information . Therefore, it can be deduced that Hilary Clinton is no average person and standard laws and regulations do not apply to her. If anyone else with a lower status was caught being “extremely careless” with said classified information, they would be in a huge heap of trouble but not her. Several of Jim’s statements directly contrasts to Clinton’s claims. One claim was that all work-related emails will return to the state department, but Jim states bluntly, “No, we found work-related emails, thousands that were not returned”. Therefore, there is no uncertainty as to whether or not Clinton was dishonest, she was, and Gowdy’s fear of a “double track justice system” is a distressing…
the Watergate Affair (BJU 557). But unfortunately, the pardon just made things worse for him,…
She voluntarily engaged in unethical behavior that violated significant organizational norms and threatened the well-being of others. Hilary was the secretary of state at the time of this scandal. She had an obligation to the American people to do her job properly and ethically. If she failed to do so she could have put not only herself but the whole country at risk. America’s enemies could have got their hands on foreign affairs information, which they could have used to undermine Americas global presence. If America loses global influence in the world it could disastrous consequences. She didn’t consider the corporate social responsibilities on her position. Hilary may not have understood the seriousness of her actions when she was engaging in them. This could be due to generational differences. Hilary is a baby boomer so she may not understand how easy it could be for someone to hack into her private email, compared to the US governments email. Also due to the fact she is a baby boomer she most likely has terminal values such as sense of accomplishment and social recognition. Therefore, she could have been just trying to get her work done the fastest and to the best of her abilities as she could in order to meet these terminal values. In doing so she could have been totally unaware of the crimes she was…
Jonathan Crespo Mr. Mouser Government 5/11/2018 United States v Nixon In the case of United States v. Richard Nixon, seven of Nixon’s closest aides were convicted of many crimes in the Watergate affair. The name of the aides that were convicted are John N. Mitchell, former Attorney General; H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman and Gordon C. Strachan, former White House aides; Robert C. Mardian, a former aide to Mr. Mitchell, and Kenneth Wells Parkinson. Nixon was named by the Watergate grand jury as an unindicted co-conspirator in the alleged attempt to cover up the Watergate burglary.…
Politics has always been a touchy subject, many families consider the topic off limits during the holidays, because some members of the family can get extremely passionate about their opinions. Additionally, politicians have always been shrouded with gossip and scandal, every move they make is criticized. However, no other President has been scrutinized quite like Bill Clinton. In All Too Human: A Political Education written by George Stephanopoulos; he details his experience working for the Clinton Administration.…
During this time Clinton was under investigation for suspicious real estate dealing, but the investigation was soon discarded when it failed to provide actual evidence. However, Kenneth Starr, an Independent Counsel, managed to disentangle a series of alleged secual advances and affairs in Clinton’s past. The trial eventually led to Monica S. Lewinsky, a former White House intern. Clinton denied any association with the intern only to later on reveal on August of 1998 that he had had a sexual relationship with Lewinsky during her internship. On September 9, 1998 the Starr Report, which outlined the findings of Counsel Kenneth Starr’s investigation, was delivered to the House of Representatives and eventually was released to the public. Many believed the report to be a political attack against the President opposed to an explanation for his impeachment. Out of the eleven grounds for impeachment that were cited within the report, only four were approved by the House Judiciary Committee: abuse of power, grand jury perjury, civil suit perjury, and obstruction of justice. On December 19 the House of Representatives held its vote, Clinton was impeached on founds of grand jury perjury and obstruction of justice. Meanwhile the Senate Republicans were incapable of of obtaining the two-thirds majority vote that was required for his conviction. On February 12, 1999, the Senate cleared Clinton of…
Immediately after the men were arrested, investigators went right to Nixon’s attorney general John Mitchell was questioned to see if he was involved but he denied everything stating that he had no knowledge of the Watergate incident. Later on, after John Mitchell left office, was found guilty for controlling a secret fund that helped pay for spying on the Democratic Party. On January 8, 1973 a trial for the Watergate Scandal began, this is where they confirmed that the men were involved in the break-in a year prior. Upon further investigation, the Supreme Court discovers that the scandal led all the way to the White House. H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman resign from the Watergate and John Dean, the White House counsel gets fired.…
harassed. There are two sides to this case: Clinton states that he did not do…
This led to the House of Representatives authorizing Ken Starr, the previous Chancellor of Baylor University, to independently lead the impeachment inquiry. Ultimately, Starr’s findings of explicit sexual misconduct were released in what is famously known as the Starr report. This report revealed the nature and extent of the relationship between Clinton and Lewinsky that began as early as November 1995. On August 17, 1998, Bill Clinton became the first sitting President to testify before a grand jury as a result of an investigation into his own personal conduct. Later that day, President Clinton appeared on national television where he admitted to inappropriately being involved in a relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Several days later the House of Representatives received the Starr report and released the first several hundred pages to the public. As a result of this report, Starr personally recommended impeaching Clinton on eleven grounds, which included perjury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and abuse of power. Based on the information from the Starr report, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Clinton for allegedly lying under oath about his relationship with Lewinsky and also for obstructing the investigation of that…
References: Baker, Peter, and Susan Schmidt. "Washingtonpost.com Special Report: Clinton Accused." Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis. N.p., 6 May 1998. Web. 8 Nov. 2012. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/starr050698.…
When weighing the arguments for and against the impeachment of Andrew Jackson it is of the utmost importance to keep in mind the legal grounds for impeachment. The constitution states in Article 2, Section 4 that the president may be removed for “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” Impeaching a president is a serious decision and it is important to separate the morality or merits of an action taken by a president from its legality.…
In today’s society most social media has a political concept. In some media it is obvious while others the message is more subliminal. Scandal is a TV show centered around our American government and man political concept. The show is centered around a love triangle Between the president, the first lady, and his ex campaign manager, and the main character, Olivia pope “A former White House communications director opens a Washington, D.C. crisis-management firm (Web, TV guide).” There are twist turns and cliff hangers around every corner when watching scandal. Each new episode unravels a secret battle that the characters have within themselves and the government. Capitalism, Tyranny, Elitism, and Utilitarianism are all present in the political drama Scandal.…