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Jun 29, 2021 · By contrast, there's a rich historical record of the events surrounding the Watergate scandal that led to the impeachment effort and eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon.
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The Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities was approved by Senators on February 7, 1973 by a vote of 77-0. Democrats controlled the chamber and formed the majority of the committee, though three Republicanswere also members. Both parties chose their own members. Following the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, the Senate failed t...
The January 6 committee has promised seven televised hearings over the coming weeks. The third of those hearings took place on Thursday and was broadcast on U.S. news channels as well as being made available online through C-SPAN and elsewhere. By contrast, the Senate Watergate hearings lasted for 51 days and were televised on what were then the th...
The Watergate hearings contained some of the most explosive political revelations in U.S. history, tying Nixon directly to the break-in and the attempt to cover it up. Former White House counsel John Dean implicated Nixon, himself and other officials in crimes during his four-day testimony. He also famously said he had told Nixon that there was a "...
The Senate Watergate hearings, combined with Nixon's own actions in reaction to them, contributed to the House's decision to begin impeachment proceedingsagainst Nixon and the House Judiciary Committee recommended articles of impeachment in July 1974. However, Nixon resigned from office before he could be formally impeached. He was later pardoned b...
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Jun 17, 2022 · For the first time since the Watergate scandal broke nearly 50 years ago, the paper records, exhibits, and artifacts from the United States v. G. Gordon Liddy trial are digitized and available to view in the National Archives Catalog.
Jun 17, 2022 · The Watergate inquiry, a more than two-year combined effort on the part of both Senate and House committees, the special prosecutor’s office, a federal grand jury and the media, has been widely...
Oct 28, 1974 · Muff-sized earphones clamped on their heads, judge, jury, defendants and spectators alike were transported by tape recording into former President Richard Nixon’s Oval Office.
Nov 11, 2021 · In a decision late Tuesday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan cited Supreme Court precedent as she ruled against Trump’s effort to obtain an injunction to stop the National Archives from releasing...
The Watergate Trial Conversations are excerpted Nixon White House tape conversations that were played in open court in U.S. v. Mitchell, et al. and U.S. v. Connally. The segments are a portion of the approximately 60 hours of tape subpoenaed by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF).
