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Dec 7, 2023 · May 1973. May 04 Nixon appoints General Alexander Haig as White House Chief of Staff, in place of Haldeman. May 17 The Senate Watergate Committee begins public hearings. May 18 The Senate Watergate committee begins its nationally televised hearings. May 25
The Watergate scandal refers to the burglary and illegal wiretapping of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, in the Watergate complex by members of President Richard Nixon 's re-election campaign, and the subsequent cover-up of the break-in resulting in Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, as well as other abuses of power by ...
On January 10, 1973, the trial of the Watergate burglars and two accomplices began. After weeks of testimony, Chief Federal District Judge John Sirica expressed skepticism that all the facts in the case had been revealed. Five men pleaded guilty and two were convicted by a jury.
Feb 9, 2010 · 1973. Televised Watergate hearings begin. In Washington, D.C., the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, headed by Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina, begins televised...
May 18, 2023 · How co-anchors Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer introduced the Watergate hearings in 1973. Video by Justin Scuiletti/PBS NewsHour. The coverage of the Watergate hearings elicited positive...
May 17, 2013 · The Watergate hearings began on May 17, 1973. Public Television aired all 250 hours of testimony that summer. Here are some of the highlights. Video edited by Justin Scuiletti. The Watergate...
Senate Hearings > Overview The seriousness of the Watergate matter was measured by the strength of the Senate’s vote to create an investigative committee – 77 to 0. By the time it began its televised hearings in mid-May 1973, its chairman, the affable, homespun, Senator Ervin and his team of investigators were flanking the White House defense.
