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His decision to testify about the Watergate cover-up prompted the White House to attempt to blame the cover-up on him. Senate Resolution 60 passed on February 7, 1973. The committee began televised hearings on Watergate on May 17. Less than two miles away, on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, the US Senate was also beginning an ...
Only the tapes would corroborate the extent of the president’s knowledge and access to this crucial evidence quickly became the focus of the Senate and Department of Justice Watergate investigations. Nixon refused to release the tapes, however, claiming that executive privilege protected his conversations. This triggered both impeachment hearings in the House of Representatives in May 1974 ...
19. Juli 2022 · AP/File. The Senate Watergate committee hearings, pictured here on May 23, 1973, were held in the Senate Caucus Room and were watched by as many as 80 million Americans. The committee's work is ...
2. Jan. 2024 · Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was investigated by the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities and by two special prosecutors for activities relating to the obstruction of the investigation of the burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters (“Watergate”). Hearings were held by the Senate Select Committee in 1973.
17. Mai 2013 · The Senate Watergate Committee began its nationally televised hearings on May 17, 1973, 40 years ago today. The hearings contributed to the downfall of President Richard Nixon's administration and ...
17. Mai 2024 · On May 17, 1973, a special committee convened by the U.S. Senate began its televised hearings into the Watergate scandal. In February, the Senate had voted 77-0 to establish a select committee to investigate Watergate, with Democratic Sen. Sam Ervin named chairman. The hearings held by the Senate committee were broadcast from May 17 to Aug. 7.
26. Juni 2014 · Baker emerged as an unlikely star of the Watergate hearings in the summer of 1973. When chosen as vice chairman — and therefore leading Republican — of the Senate special committee, he was a ...
