The Watergate Scandal: Timeline and Background

[@thebatman330]

That moment when WatchMojo helps you pass a history test

[@ajmadera5927]

The Batman haha

[@kianevadestaxes103]

That moment when the channel that did top 10 anime betrayals is assigned to you during quarantine

[@hannahweiss3215]

@@kianevadestaxes103 facts my soc work for today was to watch this and answer questions but i cant take the narration seriously

[@scottroth4446]

You may want to find a bit better source...CRP? Um, no. It was CREEP. That is just one example of why this is not credible.

[@seanteflores1643]

@@hannahweiss3215 L

[@OfficialHDtrailerz]

Netflix should make a series about this!!

[@jakefrankrone5850]

OfficialHDtrailerz There's a pretty good documentary on Netflix called "1971" about activists who broke into an FBI office and stole documents to expose the government's corruption. It's not about Watergate, but it definitely led up to Watergate. The secrets they expose are shocking. It will make you really question your government if you don't already.

[@ME-zb3gq]

its a movie about it going on in real life right now lol im sure watching it play out every morning lol

[@CaneFu]

There is a very good 1976 movie that was made about Watergate starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. The title is "All the President's Men".

[@CaneFu]

StrangerinKiki: I'll look forward to watching it, thanks for the info.

[@captainobvious1415]

Why? It's already happening again in real life in 2017

[@WeerdCh1ck]

Why did I never learn about this in history class? I've always heard references, but, never the explanation. Damn.

[@beyonceknowlescarter9576]

for real... watchmojo taught me more than history class did

[@NakitaCherie]

Me too...that's why I looked it up...I've always heard about it but knew nothing other than "it was a scandal"

[@veronicanevarez22]

@@beyonceknowlescarter9576 exactly

[@rolandososa5151]

That on purpose it’s the same reason we don’t learn about Vietnam

[@Arcanus31]

Probably cuz some dumb dumb named himself deep throat. And the teachers just couldn't get the students to get through it when they tried lol

[@TeaRektum]

"Deep Throat"??? what kind of code name is that?

[@HYPNOPOSSUM]

That user is absolutely beautiful :3

[@jordanatack]

🥒💦😰

[@1999glock]

Not a code name, a name attached to him by a fellow journalist because of his penchant for providing information on a what is referred to as "deep cover" or clandestine basis. It was somewhat of a internal WP joke that stuck.

[@carlojaimelizzeni2171]

Monica Lekinsky's one

[@Bronci]

He was named like that because a porn movie was hitting the cinemas at the time. Called "deepthroat"

[@richardnixon2654]

I AM NOT A CROOK

[@twstf8905]

Compared to Donald Trump, no. You're an image of ethics!

[@Diepvries11]

No puppet, no puppet. You're the puppet - Trump

[@venkatajayanth4806]

I am GROOOOOT...

[@joedeleon233]

Aarrroooooo

[@elhombredeoro955]

TWSTF 8 Trump is of pure heart.

[@Customgamer9]

Deep Throat was a name from a porn movie of the time, so it's not like they didn't know or anything, it was implied.

[@Nwachimerogo]

Oh wow 😂

[@ObiWanJabronE]

Also in Metal Gear Solid on PS1.

[@bigguys45s29]

History (sometimes) repeats itself, doesn’t it? What a time in America we’re living in.

[@nelldavila3261]

Yes with Obama/Biden

[@sh130carter11]

Its crazy nothing is happening even though evidence is so clear

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@sh130carter11 Mr Trump is truly missed. 😟😟

[@CaneFu]

@@shahrulamar5358 Who misses Trump? Treasonous brainwashed MAGAts? REAL American patriots don't miss that traitor and the inflation and supply chain issues we're facing right now were caused by Trump's mishandling of the pandemic 2 years ago.

[@Andyt11]

@@nelldavila3261 you sure about that?

[@JBthree24]

Thanks Forrest Gump

[@SimDrim33v66]

I was thinking that to

[@craigd8922]

What he did would not even make the top 20 these days.

[@voltron2674]

It’s ranked the worst scandal in history

[@josephdiaz2182]

@@voltron2674 back in 1972, but now? It's like people's eyes are wide shut

[@captainjacksparrow3994]

Thank you for this. I was doing an assignment for my college class involving Watergate, and you guys really helped me a lot. Thank you very much, your videos are great and very helpful!

[@georgiakritikos4955]

The WATERGATE SCANDAL HOW THE MAFIA DOMESTIC TIED INTERNATIONAL SNUCK THE UNLAWFULL IN THE LEGAL, PORNEA ADULTRY & IDOLITRY THROUGH THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, EXP0SED 21ST-CENTURY ❤💯🎬

[@big14tx]

“Yeah Sir, You Might Want To Send A Maintenance Man Over To That Office Across The Way. The Lights Are Off and They Must Be Looking For A Fusebox, cause them flashlights, they keeping me awake” - Forrest Gump

[@LordSparks]

That was a really good summary, which isn't what I expected from Watch Mojo. You should do more content like this

[@cats1087]

You know, when I watch the movie with Anthony Hopkins playing "Nixon" and I see what this man suffered when he went down on his knees with Kissinger you can't help but feel sympathy. They were so worried and I quote them "what have we done" They worried about the country Falling apart. Well, our country did not fall apart did it? - The Watergate scandal was nothing compared to what is happening today in DC. And the MEDIA took them out not Watergate scandal. Scandals go on everywhere and all the time. It just TAKES A MEDIA to pick and chose which scandal when bring more eyes to your television screen. There are more scandalous goings on within the our walls of our media probably. And Nixon was not an evil bastard. I was in Washington in 1973 and people were not talking about this stuff. The public forgets....Look they forgot our Vietnam soldiers when they came home. Now that is SCANDALOUS isn't it!!!

[@MrConstantine02]

+Terri Robison Well, in the long run, Watergate did have a pretty lasting impact. It completely destroyed every shred of trust the American people had on their government, which is something that still impacts us today.

[@saigie3908]

@@MrConstantine02 THIS!!! The og commenter is rlly saying that this wasn’t a scandal, when the President of the United States conducted a burglary in order to win. This & the way the President’s handled the Vietnam War, shred e trust from the Americans in the government.

[@Anytbing_lol]

How do you feel about trump having his house broken into by law enforcement?

[@RandosWelcomePodcastChannel]

I was today years old when I learned that Watergate had nothing to do with Water, gates, or a Dam,..

[@anabessie]

Why wasn’t he imprisoned ? That should be a impeachment consequence. Politicians believe they are above the law for that reason.

[@6scar911]

Freaking Gerald Ford smh

[@ronaldomontero3624]

And you don't think Trump was the same way during Jan 6

[@KatiTheButcher]

@@ronaldomontero3624 joke is on you and Im definately not laughing.

[@SteigerRocks1]

President Nixon was framed. And when Obama and the DOJ spied on TRUMP was a 1000x worse than whatever Nixon might have done.

[@OHHHHUSBANT]

Ah yes, the fed op where they willingly let in people and did nothing in the senate hall except talk and walk around and taking the podium as a trophy ​@@ronaldomontero3624

[@zzrickli]

Who is here after trump impeachment inquiry ¿

[@peterdavinci6255]

Z Li your father

[@thelambsauce7307]

Is a male

[@maxuspoint]

Still your president

[@lukestokes2579]

Nope, Forrest gump

[@orlandoblooom]

​@@maxuspointwill still go down in history as the third president to be impeached by the house. embarrassing.

[@dolliefelton2536]

I still don't understand it

[@SimDrim33v66]

you'll learn in gov/econ class

[@aphoticphoton]

I never learned about the watergate scandal not even in my college government. But hey thats why we have the internet for the most part we see the truth

[@edwintorre5788]

+simasvta VG

[@efnarios]

a burglary in the watergate hotel turns out be spy spy espionage shit

[@rakeshchandra459]

efnarios White House Administration was spying on the democratic party and american people. That was a big deal for that time. So his impeachment was started. But he resigned before the impeachment process completed.

[@RJ-he2ns]

"To keep my identity a secret, I shall be known as Deep Throat."

[@mrbrittas3254]

except thats the name we all secretly called her anyway.

[@heycindysaid6674]

The days when people listened to facts versus opinions.

[@gavinzhu3833]

Election: *comes again* Nixon: Im gonna do what's called a pro gamer move

[@evr551]

You should know that its probably not a good idea when one of your key players is named "Deep Throat"

[@IOS336]

If this happened in 2020 Republicans would fight for there guy and everyone would forget about it.

[@svjim1]

An interesting thing happened during the arrest of the burglars that was overlooked for many years. As the cops are lining up the burglars to search them, feet spread, hands against the wall, one of them does a very strange thing- and he's lucky he doesn't get himself killed over it. From behind, one of the cops (Carl Shoffler) can see Eugenio Martinez slipping a hand inside his jacket. For all Shoffler knows, he's going for a gun. Shoffler slams Martinez in the back, shouting at him not to move. When Martinez tries it again Shoffler grabs him and wrestles him to the ground. Then he searches him to see what was so important to risk his life for. In the breast pocket of Martinez's suit coat , Shoffler finds a notebook with a small key taped to the back of it. As the FBI will later determine, the key fits the lock to the desk of one of the DNC secretaries, Ida Maxine Wells. The FBI didn't check the desk before it was too late to see what was in it. As to how the key was obtained that also is still a mystery. This all was reported in books years later along with the theory that a call girl ring had something to do with the motive of the burglary. The key and notebook never came up during the Watergate hearings because they were interested in the cover-up aspect, not the reason for the break-in.

[@richhich327]

We STILL do not know WHY they broke in in the first place... They wanted to plant evidence? They wanted to find or plant dirt (sounds familiar)? They needed to go to the bathroom? What?

[@linslins4860]

@3:57 Paul Bettany - Vision

[@AbhilashNoxBaruahnx1ee7]

Correction! "One of the biggest political scandal that got caught."

[@SteigerRocks1]

President Nixon was framed. And when Obama and the DOJ spied on TRUMP was a 1000x worse than whatever Nixon might have done.

[@blasty360]

A school assistant brought me here 😂

[@chipb.5444]

why is watchmojo a key part of this week's history assignment

[@CANRUSH]

Who's here after watching The Post?

[@shadowplayer11.86]

Nah. I don't even know what that is. I'm here after Forest Gump.

[@mrbrittas3254]

why you do care?

[@KoolStar95]

It's scary how History repeats itself

[@sh130carter11]

Just changed parties but still politicians are as dirty as ever probably worse

[@johnathanwhigga9585]

Thanks I have a rhetorical essay on this

[@archit28]

Trump makes the watergate scandal look like a an inconsequential thing

[@Darkness-ie2yl]

i cant believe how similar all of this is to whats goin on today. spying on the democrats, hush money, flipped lawyer... wow

[@wingedbluj1674]

And in the beginning, people thought this would all blow over and Nixon did nothing wrong. You know what they say: Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

[@hazy876]

Darkness what an idiotic statement

[@WatchMojo]

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[@oscarbokoblin2917]

Found u

[@rayjitsu3285]

Nixon: 'I am not a crook' Trump: 'Hold My Beer'

[@joeyharper4976]

Trump wasn't even as bad Nixon.

[@gerardgonzales5321]

@@joeyharper4976 they both are worst

[@ypn.traill]

Imagine being RACIST to asians really the KUNG FLU

[@patrickzachinfinity8888]

@Skylar Rawlins imagine not wearing a mask and not initiating a lockdown even at a pandemic

[@KatiTheButcher]

This comment didnt age well.

[@awesomekiller123]

THANKS A LOT FOREST!

[@wiupset6666]

Lolllll I know exactly what you mean

[@MarcooPF]

thank you this will help me for my history final in a few hours!!

[@danielalexanderyt3232]

what did you get for that test

[@Treesuh]

Here 'cause Trump...

[@omarluatia736]

What does this have to do with trump

[@roshlouis8767]

Omar Luatia Don't you watch the news? Mr Trump's closet staffs are being prosecuted one by one. Soon, his head will be next. It is most likely.

[@roshlouis8767]

Rasdeep Gill A perfect example of Mr Trump's supporter. A bully. Can't have an educated, civil and logical conservation? You had to attack her personally?

[@d0t_DoT_dOT]

Treesuh Wow intellect you’re not. There is ZERO comparison between POTUS and Nixon. Nixon was a vile beast. Stop watching the BS media. Step away from the tv da

[@thefear420]

Rosh Louis The Trump Russia investigation is a lie, it's been well over a year, and they still can't find a single piece of viable evidence. I'm also interested in the memo all of the Democrats refuse to release right now. And awww, twump is bully and so is that guy, aww. Continue getting mad over something small, grow some skin, and don't get offended for her.

[@rbleaks818]

History is repeating itself, isnt it?

[@antoniohermosillo4150]

Nope

[@antoniohermosillo4150]

black queen melanin How?

[@Icybubba]

After the memo that was just released giving us insight onto a lot of twisted things I'd say so

[@Satan97458]

richard Lai nope

[@jaggedsigns3O11]

i agree www.investors.com/politics/editorials/white-house-spied-on-trump-and-lied-about-it-says-cnn-is-this-worse-than-richard-nixon/

[@daniel.xy999]

Nixon was smart and one of the greats, one mistake has made him a villain in media

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

It's unfortunate that his tremendous achievement of opening China to the Western World is overshadowed by decisions he made out of paranoia and rash thinking.

[@FatScotishguy]

...Deep throat...

[@yayito777]

stormy daniels

[@steelysam7189]

I thought Richard Nixon got busted because Forrest Gump reported it from his hotel lol.

[@tturner0051]

It wasnt called C-R-P. It was actually pronounced "creep."

[@leif_____8579]

It was pronounced creep by its detractors, they didn't name it that way

[@noahfym4439]

2:53….who ?

[@pdinny3000]

Just checked in to see the parallels between Nixon and Trump both firing the FBI directors.

[@antoniohermosillo4150]

I think Clinton did it to

[@chrisknox2979]

Johnny Campfire I'm guessing you wanted him fired, right up until the point Trump fired him. Then you didn't think he should be fired. Liberals go whichever the way the wind blows.

[@hasturxix]

Chris Knox I think you mean neo liberals , bud.

[@saado99]

Comey's FBI makes J Edgar Hoover's look fair and reputable. He was extremely corrupt whether it was signing FISAs, creating fake investigations and illegally exonerating Hilary Clinton before ever investigating.

[@afonsords]

So true. There's always someone who tells. Specially today any newspaper would pay very good money for a story of that magnitude.

[@gussmann6580]

You can thank Forrest Gump for this...

[@whatmeworry4713]

Why are important events of malice derived from greed caused by our leaders is not covered more greatly?

[@sh130carter11]

So essentially a light version of everything being done by democrats today

[@christianbourne8880]

A nice and short video. Just what I was looking for .... Not a 2 hour documentary

[@JESUS.IS.GOD.777]

What was the name of their anonymous source??? 2:53 LMAO

[@chriskeller3705]

Same thing’s about to happen to the Democrats and Hillary

[@Dontgetyongbo33d]

I-I-I-I-M NOT A CROOK🎶

[@Beanmachine91]

political drama is a novel that writes itself

[@j6302]

I feel like this is low bar for the nonsense we’e had for the last 10 years.

[@PinkuStyle]

Ya got caught this time applies .. this shit goes down all the time

[@mauijane420]

Kids today: "Investigative journalism? What's that??"

[@WilliamDearthwd]

Eric Forman (Topher Grace): Seriously, guys...what do I do? Stephen Hyde (Danny Masterson): I say, you gotta pull a Nixon, deny...deny...deny!

[@marjeff4599]

Shockingly similar to current political behavior.

[@kithsirirubesinghe9202]

"I'm not a crook"! 😆 most crooks say that!

[@calamartepatrick1728]

In March of 1974 President Nixon sent General Vernon Walters, who was then deputy director of the CIA, as his special representative for a secret meeting with two PLO leaders, Khalad Hassan and Majed Abu Sharar, who represented, respectively the so-called "right" and "left" wings of Fatah, the largest and most influential of the Palestinian factions that made up the PLO. Although the meeting evidently ended with great promise of working out a comprehensive Middle East settlement, British journalist Alan Hart reports that not long afterward, Henry Kissinger sabotaged that back-channel effort by President Nixon to achieve peace. Although the details are spelled out clearly in Hart’s biography of Yasser Arafat, few Americans know - although they should know - that Chairman Arafat and the two Hassan brothers told Hart, in Hart’s words, "that they were convinced that the government of Israel and the Jewish lobby in America had made use of the Watergate affair to break Nixon before he forced Israel to make the necessary withdrawals for peace." Khalad Hassan also told Hart that he (Hassan) had discussed Nixon’s continuing back-channel peace initiatives with then-King Feisal of Saudi Arabia who had played a part in the effort. Evidently, according to Hart’ rendition, President Nixon himself told King Feisal this: “If [Nixon] found his way blocked by Israel and the Jewish lobby, he would throw away his prepared text when he made his next State of the Union report [in January of 1975] and that he would tell the people of America, live on TV and radio, the whole truth about how Israel and its friends in America were the obstacle to peace.” In other words, Nixon was preparing to expose the way in which the Government of Israel and its supporters in America controlled American foreign policy. President Nixon never had the opportunity to make such a bold move. The media focus on the burgeoning Watergate scandal drove him from office. Thanks to an inside source today remembered as “Deep Throat,” The Washington Post led the the drumbeat for Nixon’s removal from office. In that regard it is interesting to note that former American diplomat Richard Curtiss, executive editor of The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, stated frankly in 1995 that “it’s long been our opinion that whoever played the role of ‘Deep Throat’ was in fact only a conduit for information collected by Israel’s Mossad and used to discredit Nixon,” and that Nixon’s attempt to reassess U.S. relations with Israel was “the catalyst that led directly to his downfall..” There is, in fact, evidence that the enigmatic source “Deep Throat” was, at the least, an indirect operative of Israel’s Mossad. In her book, Katharine the Great, a critical biography of Katharine Graham, the late publisher of The Washington Post, Jewish-American journalist Debra Davis has almost certainly provided the real key to Watergate. Miss Davis presents a solid case that the Post’s famed Watergate source - ”Deep Throat” - was most likely Richard Ober, the right-hand man of James Angleton, the CIA’s counterintelligence chief and longtime and Israeli-allied liaison to the Mossad. Miss Davis revealed that Ober was in charge of a joint CIA-Israeli counterintelligence desk established by Angleton inside the Nixon White House. From this listening post, Ober (at Angleton’s direction) provided inside information about Watergate that helped bring down the Nixon administration. So despite all that you - and the American people - have heard from the major media about Watergate, this information is not something that is in widespread distribution. Suffice it to say, based on what we have discussed here today, I think you understand why.

[@mrbrittas3254]

high powered people can do what they want, pathetic

[@jaridkeen123]

Who knew this would happen again.....

[@nickhirst7192]

Except this time it's the democrats

[@jackiesomoza58425t]

@@nickhirst7192 yea sure the dems are the devil! and they are responsible for the insurrection or FAILED COUP?

[@jdamah]

@@jackiesomoza58425t they’re responsible for the BLM riots

[@toastwrld1365]

@@jackiesomoza58425t yes because they really did want to take over the country. thats why they brought guns OHHHH WAITTTTT they didnt.

[@ArizonaAkinTv]

@@toastwrld1365 nah just bats and locks in socks and Molotov cocktails. they knew police would stop them before they could destroy towns if they brought guns.

[@joerooney8755]

Really helpful thank you

[@JuanRamirez-tn1lo]

WHO HERE CAUSE OF … NEVERMIND FIRST! 🇺🇸 🦅 💯

[@sethhatfield6293]

Why tf did I always assume watergate was about flint Michigan

[@DjSektor23]

Crazy fact forrest gump was the reason he got caught.

[@smorecat4426]

Had to watch this in school..

[@captainobvious1415]

Holy shit, the similarities between the Nixon scandal and Trump are fucking scary as shit.

[@Laura-gi1kd]

And yet we never learn......

[@ScubaLemur]

Crazy we went from water gate and everyone hating nixon and now everyone seems to be praising him

[@venom1101]

Thanks to Mr Forrest it was caught

[@TheMelonbros123]

Something about this really doesn't make sense

[@DavePryor302]

CIA orchestrated this

[@Overlordsrealm]

Question everything

[@rajeevsengupta]

Have seen few videos on this...but yet to come across a simplified version on Watergate...? What was this issue..

[@mariahyohannes]

Nixon was not the first but the only one to get caught

[@mabp3173]

So what? The NSA is listening to the whole world's conversations

[@mistake.1021]

Finally, I can understand one more part of forest gump

[@zpxnd1352]

Yep me too

[@ihatelameusernames]

Hmm so Nixon ran office from Jan 20 1969 - Aug 9 1974, does that mean Obama (took office Jan 20 2009) must resign no later than this Aug 9 2014 since it's laughable comparing Nixon's to Obama's administration and thus only fair???

[@amy370]

cramming this before history, god bless my soul

[@darrenspohn8376]

Ford giving Nixon the pardon was a good thing (bad thing for Nixon). The pardon was an admission of Nixons guilt(you don't pardon innocent people)

[@allys744]

Ahhhhhh true

[@happyreadingwatching1597]

The TV show Timeless is making an episode about this.

[@NYBoi-yi8up]

Nashelie Sanchez that sounds good.

[@ghostdeep2542]

Nashelie Sanchez that was a really good episode

[@sampielouw]

Wikilealks emails history repeats itself

[@soul2squeezy439]

It's scary how history keep repeating itself. 😏

[@HoopesJohnC]

2:41 is that Barr?

[@kostasamarantinis6051]

Best president

[@nickolascrousillat4265]

Whos here cause CORONAVIRUS?

[@youfakou]

For ever ?! Not sure about that

[@JassyWassySquared]

Yay! I can watch WatchMojo and study for my History test at the same time!

[@schizo007jay]

All these years, I thought Watergate scandal is about a construction of a huge dam that they corrupted the funds 🤦

[@armeniancat234]

The Nixon Situation is Crazy

[@SUNDWAV]

Gump is not mentioned once?!

[@bjorngardson]

If history is doomed to repeat itself... I guess we should see this quite soon.

[@mikee758]

Thats a good brief run down on this famous affair in US history and as we can see today America finaly ended up with a REAL CROOK.

[@HiThereLindsey]

Yeah. Trump.

[@lint9305]

HiThereLindsey "Trump is racist, sexist, dumb, a criminal, pedophile, pervert and much more and if you say otherwise your an idiotic fuckwad." media's really brainwashing you HARD

[@troubledsole9104]

Good segment. More like these, please.

[@GisherJohn24]

man, Hunt takes out kennedy and this too? Man.

[@rosec_rose6661]

Funfact In ace attorney's English localisation of the fame a hotel , called Gatewater Hotel had a story where Mia Fey was being wiretapped by a character called Redd White who had connections with politicians and other figures via blackmailing them to get information about her research concerning him. Maybe it's a very eerie coincidence i guess i mean Water gate hotel but here in game it was Gatewater Hotel.

[@JackSinister]

When you go to WatchMojo for important historical events...

[@darkking289]

If it hadn't been for this, Nixon would have gone down as one of the best presidents in U.Shistory.

[@Dontgetyongbo33d]

I’m here because of ✨TV GIRL✨