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The Watergate Hearings Collection covers 51 days of broadcasts of the Senate Watergate hearings from May 17, 1973, to November 15, 1973, and seven sessions of the House impeachment hearings on May 9 and July 24 – 30, 1974. The hearings, recorded by the National Public Affairs Center for Television (NPACT), were broadcast each evening in full ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Watergate scandal, interlocking political scandals of the administration of U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon that were revealed following the arrest of five burglars at Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate office-apartment-hotel complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972. On August 9, 1974, facing likely impeachment ...
May 30, 2017 · The trial for the Watergate break-in begins. Jan. 30, 1973 G. Gordon Liddy, a former Nixon aide, and James McCord, a one-time Nixon aide and former CIA operative, are convicted for their role in ...
Mar 12, 2024 · Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House. Photo: Sony Pictures Classics. Angle On The Scandal: One of the greatest mysteries surrounding Watergate was the identity of the man who tipped off the press - Mark Felt, AKA Deep Throat. This film tells the story of Watergate through Felt’s eyes.
Oct 29, 2009 · Nixon’s Attorney General of the United States John Mitchell served 19 months for his role in the scandal, while Watergate mastermind G. Gordon Liddy, a former FBI agent, served four and a half ...
John J. Sirica (1904 - 1992) John Sirica was the son of Italian immigrants who moved from Connecticut to Washington, D. C. in search of a better life. There, young John labored as a trash collector, boxing coach, and acting instructor as he gained a formal education. In 1926 he passed the bar exam, was hired as an attorney in a small law firm ...
Jul 31, 2023 · The tapes included a recording of a meeting on June 23, 1972, six days after the break-in, where Nixon and Haldeman discussed using the CIA to shut down the FBI investigation. That “ smoking gun ” tape confirmed that Nixon had lied about being involved in the cover up and led to almost certain impeachment in the House and conviction in the ...
