Another type of inherent power is the executive order, which is a rule or regulation issued by the president that has the force of law. The president can issue executive orders for three reasons: 1  To enforce statutes. 2  To enforce the Constitution or treaties. 3  To establish or modify how executive agencies operate.
Watergate burglars arrested. In the early morning of June 17, 1972, five men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate, an office-hotel-apartment complex in Washington, D.C.In their possession were burglary tools, cameras and film, and three pen-size tear gas guns.n this day in 1972, five men are caught trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. The story of the break-in, which seemed like a minor event, was handed to two young reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, by their Washington...
NIXON REACTS TO WATERGATE. Nixon made three major speeches on the Watergate scandal during 1973 and 1974. The first was on April 30, 1973, in which he announced the departure of Dean, Haldeman and Ehrlichman.A more defiant speech was delivered on August 15, 1973.t was here that the Watergate Burglars broke into the Democratic Partyâs National Committee offices on June 17, 1972. If it had not been for the alert actions of Frank Wills, a security guard, the scandal may never have erupted.