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May 27, 2023 · Senate associate historian Katherine Scott discussed the history and legacy of the Watergate hearings, which happened in the Senate 50 years ago. WATERGATE WAS SIGNIFICANT FOR NUMBER OF REASONS ...
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The Watergate scandal exposed the widespread political corruption of the Nixon White House during his campaign for re-election as president. As the race tightened, Attorney General John Mitchell and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman authorized G. Gordon Liddy, a White House operative, to gather intelligence on Nixon’s opponent, Senator George McGovern.
On February 8, 1973 , the Senate forms a committee to investigate the event coined Watergate. Three high-ranking Republican Party figures are implicated in the break in and subsequent cover up. Former Attorney General John Mitchell, Jeb Stewart Magruder, and John Dean, Counsel to President Nixon. President Nixon appears on national television ...
In February 1973, James Karayn, the president of the National Public Affairs Center for Television (NPACT), public broadcasting’s unit in Washington responsible for producing national news-related programming, had the daring idea of broadcasting the Senate Watergate hearings in full, or “gavel-to-gavel,” rebroadcasting each day’s complete proceedings in the evening for those unable to ...
May 16, 2017 · Senator Sam Ervin, D-N.C., chairman of the Watergate Investigating Committee, listens to other members of the committee Thursday May 18, 1973 during the first day of public hearings in Washington.
Jun 8, 2022 · Before Jan. 6 hearings, most-watched political TV was Watergate probe. Former White House aide John Dean III is sworn in by Senate Watergate Committee Chairman Sam Ervin (D-N.C.) in 1973. (AP) The ...
Jun 15, 2012 · On June 17, 1972, five burglars were arrested during a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. According to news reports of ...
