Question

During Richard Nixon's presidency, corruption at the highest levels of government threatened free elections and democracy. How did the public find out about this corruption?

a. Members of Congress who knew about the corruption made speeches demanding the president's resignation.
b. Police investigators filed reports which were then made public by the White House.
c. Newspaper reporters wrote article after article as they investigated claims of corruption.
d. Justices of the Supreme Court brought charges against the president.

Answer 1

The public found out about the corruption that occurred during Richard Nixon's presidency after C. newspaper reporters wrote article after article as they investigated claims of corruption. The most famous of these reporters were Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post. The pair undertook a majority of the early investigations into what would become known as the Watergate Scandal.