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Jacob Sorenson

 Was a political scandal in the 1970’s  Resulted from a break-in of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office.  Lead to the resignation of President Nixon

 Investigation was started after the Nixon administration tried covering it up.  President resigned on August 9, 1974

 Affair began with the arrest of five men for breaking and entering into the Watergate complex on June 17,  The FBI traced the payments to the burglars to a fund used by Nixon’s campaign fundraising group.

 It was revealed at a later date that President Nixon had a tape recording devise that he used to record conversations in his office.  These tapes held information of the President talking about covering the whole ordeal up.

 After a series of court battles the U.S. Supreme Court told the president that he had to hand over the tapes to the government investigators.  Nixon resigned on August 9,  His successor Gerald Ford issued a pardon to Nixon.

 On December 7, 2006 George W. Bush’s administration’s Department of Justice dismissed seven United States Attorneys.  Investigations were focused on whether the Department of Justice used this towards the administrations political advantage.

 The dismissal of the attorneys had been appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate more than four years earlier.

 Two other attorneys were dismissed in controversial circumstances in  In July 2010, the Department of Justice closed the investigation without filing charges after determining that inappropriately political, but not criminal.