Introduction The Watergate is one of the most famous scandals ever witnessed in the world. It occurred in the United States of America in the 1970’s, leaving traces that have formed part of the America’s history. It is an event that is known to have effected into great political and social changes in the United States of America. It is termed as Watergate since its initiation involved a break-in to the Democratic national committee headquarters situated Watergate complex, in Washington D.C. At the same time, it was referred to as a scandal since it involved a long sequence of events following one another, i.e., starting with a simple attack but leading to very pronounced consequences, both to the involved individuals and the general public (Anderson 43). The scandal was characterized by very extreme cases of corruption, the break in, influence of mass media across the country, a prominent cover up involving major government official, and finally led to a first incidence where a president resigned before completing his term (Kaplan, 336). The investigations to this scandal revealed the involvement of prominent government officials in the whole affair, which deemed them untrustworthy as leaders of such a nation. There were many reasons behind the occurrence of the scandal, some of which have never been established, since the investigations could not come up with the main reason for the occurrence of the great scandal that caused a great concern throughout the nation. The scandal had very impetuous impacts on the involved parties, i.e., the five burglars were arrested, many officials in the president’s office were forced to resign after great trials in court and convictions, the mass media influenced the public in major ways, including producing contradicting information about the whole issue. The scandal would be concluded to have its roots in the political rivalries, as a result of the ongoing campaigns by then. The campaigns are revealed to have had a lot of financial frauds at the period, which majorly involved the government officials. The burglars were considered to have been paid, and the payments were connected to mire finance that had been used by the election committee in the 1972, for the purpose of re-electing the president by the FBI. In an investigation carried out by the Senate Watergate committee revealed that the offices of President Nickson had a tape recording structure, which he used to record conversations. Additionally, the former office staff testified the then operating staff, this serving as evidence that all of them were involved in the scandal in one way or the other. The revelations of the tapes form the presidents office led to several convictions of the involved individuals including Richard Nickson the president. The scandal saw the president resign when he was summoned by the House of Representatives, almost leading to his conviction. The sequence of events that characterized the scandal were very dramastic, and whose way was paved by a break-in event, whose background was a corrupt government institution (Anderson, 79). Impact of corruption in the government institution The government institution by then was under the President, Richard Nickson, Having risen to power with not much opposition from his rivals. The cases of corruption were rampant during the election time, as evidenced by the money that the burglars had at the time of their arrest. The police found them with notes which had serial numbers that were following each other, showing that they must have come from the same bank and