FIVE W’S OF WATERGATE

Who: The Watergate Scandal involved many important men from Richard Nixon’s administration, the FBI and Richard Nixon himself. Some of the people involved in the Watergate Scandal included John Mitchell, the former US Attorney General; John Dean, the White House Counsel; HR Haldman, the White House Chief of Staff; John Ehrlichman, the White House Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs; and of course the US President Richard Nixon.
What: The Nixon administration broke into the Democratic National Headquarters so they could learn about their opponents. The break in was to see what their political strategies were. Nixon erased some of the tapes that he made in the White House in which was related to that operation. The information was subpoenaed. Facing near-certain impeachment in the House of Representatives and a strong possibility of a conviction in the Senate, Nixon resigned the presidency on August 9, 1974. It came to be associated with the greatest political scandal of that century and would change the lives of the many people involved — especially President Richard M. Nixon
Where: The scandal occurred in the Watergate office complex which is located in Washington D.C. The scandal itself was felt all over the country. While doing his rounds at the Watergate Hotel in the early morning of June 17, 1972, security guard Frank Wills found a door, located between the basement stairwell and the parking garage, that was being prevented from latching by a piece of tape. He removed the tape and continued his rounds. Returning to the same spot later, he discovered that someone had re-taped the door. His curiosity now aroused, he called the police
When:  On the morning of June 17, 1972, around 2:30 a.m., after the police arrived, five men, wearing business suits and latex gloves, were arrested in the offices of the Democratic National Committee.
Why: The Watergate scandal occurred because the information of the break at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington D.C., and the Nixon administration’s attempted cover-up of its involvement. They were to gather information for CREP…Committee to Reelect the President.