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The Senate Watergate Committee, known officially as the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, was a special committee established by the United States Senate, S.Res. 60, in 1973, to investigate the Watergate scandal, with the power to investigate the break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the ...
On February 5, 1973, Senator Edward Kennedy offered Senate Resolution 60 to establish a Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities to investigate campaign activities related to the presidential election of 1972. Traditionally the sponsoring member presides over an inquiry.
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Jul 10, 2023 · On July 16 ,1973—a little more than a year after the break-in at the Watergate Hotel led to a widening scandal—explosive news is revealed during a live broadcast of the Watergate hearings in...
May 16, 2013 · 15 Figures Who Made Watergate an American Epic. On May 17, 1973, Sen. Sam Ervin, D-N.C., gavelled in the first public hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign...
That contention was thrown melodramatically into doubt by Dean on June 25, 1973, in a nearly seven-hour statement to the Ervin committee, watched by a huge portion of the American television audience, followed by five days of intense cross-examination. Dean’s account established the president as the prime mover behind the scandal and cover-up.
Apr 30, 1973 · Download media. View Transcript. Previous. January 23, 1973: Address to the Nation Announcing an Agreement on Ending the War in Vietnam. Next. August 15, 1973: Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations. View all Richard M. Nixon speeches.
Aug 31, 2022 · The Senate Select Committee wraps up its hearings. President Nixon delivers a second primetime address to the nation on the scandal, claiming that the investigations are a witch-hunt against him and his administration. October 10, 1973. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after charged with bribery and income-tax evasion charges not related to ...
