re in the Democraticheadquarters because they needed to fix electronic eavesdropping equipment which they plantedduring a previous break-in. It was later found out that the burglars had worked for theCommittee to Re-Elect the President-an agency which would be known as CREEP. Nixon assured Americans that he and his staff were not involved in the break-in andwiretapping of the office at Watergate. While this was going on, people close to Nixon werearranging to payoff those who were arrested, in exchange for their silence. “In a national speech,Nixon insisted, “People have to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not acrook.” Those words would haunt Nixon”(Stewart 20). Watergate hearings began in May 1973. In July 1973 the White House staff revealed thatNixon regularly taped conversations in the Oval Office. Eventually a Supreme Court decisionforced Nixon to turn over the tapes to prosecutors. “In a speech to the American people onAugust 8, 1974, Nixon explained that he would resign the next day. Vice President Gerald Fordsucceeded him”(Stewart 21)....
