Why Watergate?

At 12:00 PM, eastern standard time, on August 9, 1974, President Richard Milhous Nixon, facing articles of impeachment in Congress and a possible criminal conviction for his role in the cover-up of the Watergate scandal, resigned from the Presidency of the United States of America. Approximately 30 years later, I bought three-volume set of softback books from a used book-fair at my high school library, titled Watergate and the White House, Vol. 1-3 for 25 cents each. Having no exposure to the Watergate scandal, outside of watching All the President's Men in a film class, these books piqued my interest and set me down a path of obsession that follows me to this day.

As I write this, the United States is currently in the first week of Donald Trump's administration. The Watergate Scandal has always been an interest of mine, but looking at the already vest abuses of executive power, and the gang of ne'er-do-wells the president has surrounded himself with, Watergate seems more relevant today than any other period of my life.

It is my hope that this blog serves two purposes: 1) To give a clear, well-sourced view of one of the most tumultuous times in the history of American politics; and 2) To give the reader an hopeful and historic point of reference that even the most heinous, powerful, and seemingly untouchable men can get their comeuppance.