President Nixon was suspected after the police found ties the five burglars who broke into watergate. Those five people were James W. McCord, Virgilio R. Gonzales, Eugenio R. Martinez ,Frank A. Sturgis ,Bernard L. Barker. Those five all had roles in breaking into the Democratic National Committee DNC which is the Headquarters. They showed up to the scene with wiretap equipment and cameras. James McCord was part of the Republican committee. When the five guys were caught and they realized McCord was involved, that immediately put Nixon under suspicion. Nixon never ordered the break in. It was approved by his former attorney general of C.R.E.E.P John Mitchell. Mitchell wanted to have his lawyer cover up the break in and told the media that “They have to be paid. That’s all there is to that.” This is how the cover up for the watergate scandal started. B0b Woodward and Carl Bernstein were the reporters who did some major uncovering in the watergate
President Nixon was suspected after the police found ties the five burglars who broke into watergate. Those five people were James W. McCord, Virgilio R. Gonzales, Eugenio R. Martinez ,Frank A. Sturgis ,Bernard L. Barker. Those five all had roles in breaking into the Democratic National Committee DNC which is the Headquarters. They showed up to the scene with wiretap equipment and cameras. James McCord was part of the Republican committee. When the five guys were caught and they realized McCord was involved, that immediately put Nixon under suspicion. Nixon never ordered the break in. It was approved by his former attorney general of C.R.E.E.P John Mitchell. Mitchell wanted to have his lawyer cover up the break in and told the media that “They have to be paid. That’s all there is to that.” This is how the cover up for the watergate scandal started. B0b Woodward and Carl Bernstein were the reporters who did some major uncovering in the watergate