what was the point of the watergate scandal?

Question

Why could nixons administration do this? What did they record and why would they record such things?

Answer 1

They suspected that the Democrats were receiving funding from some of America's enemies, much like today. The dirty tricks bunch set up a burglary at the HQ located in the Watergate but were caught.

Answer 2

The Watergate burglaries, which took place on May 28 and June 17, 1972, have been cited in testimony, media accounts, and popular works on Watergate as the pivotal event that led ultimately to the Watergate Scandal. Five men who were apprehended inside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate building during the second burglary implicated themselves on other counts and charges by voluntarily telling investigators about having committed a "first break-in." Congressional and law enforcement investigations into the first break-in relied entirely on the testimony of the conspirators because there was no physical evidence of a first break-in, and there were no independent witnesses to the event.
E. Howard Hunt, one of the two admitted co-commanders, said under oath in congressional testimony that the reason for the first break-in was because G. Gordon Liddy "had information" from "a government agency" that "the Cuban government was supplying funds to the Democratic Party." Hunt said that to "investigate this report, a surreptitious entry of Democratic national headquarters at the Watergate was made." No such report from a government agency was produced in evidence, and no other physical evidence is in the record to support or corroborate this motive.
n more recent years, Liddy began to state in speeches, and in a subsequent libel suit, that the motive for a first break-in at the DNC was John Dean's desire to determine whether the Democrats possessed information embarrassing to Dean, and that the burglars, without Liddy's knowledge at the time, must have been seeking a compromising photograph of Dean's fiancé. (In contrast, E. Howard Hunt and Bernard Barker have said under oath that the participants had been instructed to photograph documents on Democratic donors and financial records.)

Answer 3

Why did they send Cuban burglars to break into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee? I suppose Nixon's paranoia got the better of him. The sad thing is the Republicans did not have to do this. They were going to win the 72 presidential election so the dirty tricks and break ins were not necessary.

Answer 4

The point was that the powers that be were using thier powers that be in an unconstitutional fashion.

Answer 5

the democrats were desperate for anything that would help them win an election..remember how badly mc govern was crushed.........they had to do something.........normally almost no one votes for the democrats and they know it...........thats why they are all about the war against terrorism now..........they are practically sending aid to al qaeda....what a joke the dems really are.........all for power....screw america

Answer 6

to undermine the government.

Answer 7

to gather information on it's enemies.