"you must pursue this investigation of watergate even if it leads to the president. i'm innocent. you've got to believe me, i'm innocent. if you don't, take my job." -richard nixon, 1973 president nixon made this statement during the investigation of what came to be known as the watergate scandal. what was the result of this investigation for president nixon? a) he was cleared of any wrongdoing. b) facing impeachment, he resigned from office. c) president nixon lost his bid for re-election to jimmy carter. d) he was impeached, tried in the senate, and removed from office.

B) Facing impeachment, he resigned from office.

After the Watergate Scandal (June 1972), in which President Nixon was involved, many investigations were carried out so he could be brought to justice. However, two years later, the President decided to resign from office to avoid impeachment. And no sooner had Ford taken office, than he used his newly acquired power to pardon Nixon for any crimes he may have committed. As expected, his decision was harshly criticized and angered many Americans that wanted justice.

When Nixon says " I'm innocent. You've got to believe me (...) If you don't, take my job." he means that if it can not be proven that he was not involved in the scandal, then he'd resign so somebody else would take the Presidency.

pepin the short[a] (german: pippin der kurze, french: pépin le bref, c. 714 – 24 september 768) was the king of the franks from 751 until his death. he was the first of the carolingians to become king.[b][2]

the younger son of the frankish prince charles martel and his wife rotrude, pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of st. denis. succeeding his father as the mayor of the palace in 741, pepin reigned over francia jointly with his elder brother carloman. pepin ruled in neustria, burgundy, and provence, while his brother carloman established himself in austrasia, alemannia and thuringia. the brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the bavarians, aquitanians, saxons, and the alemanni in the early years of their reign. in 743, they ended the frankish interregnum by choosing childeric iii, who was to be the last merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the franks.