Watergate

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…level officials. In July 1974 the United States House of Representatives began impeachment proceedings. After completing the investigations, the House Judiciary Committee recommended three articles of impeachment: obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and failure to comply with congressional subpoenas. On August 5th Nixon admitted that he had ordered the FBI to stop investigating the Watergate burglary. On August 9th, 1974, he became the first president to resign. One month later his successor, Gerald Ford pardoned him.