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was later nominated for the Supreme Court by Reagan) to fire Cox and he plied. ? The Washington Post reported on the “Saturday Night Massacre.” Robert Bork Nixon Resigns ? On 27 July 1974, the House Judiciary Committee approved Articles of Impeachment against Nixon. ? The House was to vote on the matter soon. ? Nixon conceded that impeachment in the House was likely, but he believed that the Senate vote to remove him would fail. ? On 5 August 1974, when the “smoking gun tape” became public, a delegation from the Republican National Committee told Nixon that he would not survive the vote in the Senate. ? On 9 August 1974, Richard Nixon became the first American president to resign. Aftermath ? More than 30 government officials went to prison for their role in Watergate. ? Richard Nixon was not one of them. ? In September 1974, President Gerald Ford gave Nixon a full pardon. ? Woodward and Bernstein won the Pulitzer Prize. ? They collaborated on 2 books, All the President’s Men and The Final Days. ? In 1976 All the President’s Men was adapted into an Oscar winning film. ? The identity of Deepthroat was kept secret until W. Mark Felt unmasked himself in 2022. Ford announcing the pardon Citations Slide 2: Slide 3: Slide 4: Slide 5: srv/national/images/wgate/wpics_tline/tlbig/, , , Slide 6: Slide 7: Slide 8: Slide 9: Slide 10: Slide 11: Slide 12: Slide 13: Slide 14: Slide 15: Slide 16: Slide 17: Slide 18: