President Nixon's Pressure To Aggregate Scandal

A 60% approval rating for President Nixon ended abruptly on the night of June 17th, 1972. As a matter of fact, by the time the scandal was fully exposed to the public, his ratings had plummeted to 66% disapprove.The spiral of control that President Nixon lost over time started with his need for re-election in his second term. His actions against our constitution that were intended to ensure his reelection were committed in the most immoral ways and subsequently exposed to the public eye due to the diligent reporting of our press. The pressure from the press on Nixon and his administration forced him to resign after his only ten supporters in congress voted for his impeachment. Atrocities like these these acts and acts alike are the reasons that our country is in such division today. Nixon used such tactics as breaking and entering, laundering money, firing people designed to check and balance against him, investigating his competitors, and withholding or destroying evidence used against him. The footprint that is left behind from these acts and anything of a similar demeanor can be compared to that of a broken glass. Once the glass is broken, no
He was being investigated by a special prosecutor, Archibald Cox. A special prosecutor is a lawyer that is designed specifically to handle cases where the person who they are prosecuting is very far above a regular lawyer in the case of power. During an event known as the “Saturday Night Massacre” Nixon appointed his secretary of defense, Elliot Richardson, to fire Cox. Richardson declined the job and resigned from his position in Nixon’s cabinet. Nixon appointed the acting head of the Justice Department to fire Archibald and to America’s dismay, he did. The apparent untouchability of Nixon became apparent to the people of America and made them frightened as to what Nixon’s next move would