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The televised Senate Watergate hearings garnered nationwide attention and public interest. Numerous revelations and Nixon's efforts to impede the investigation in 1973 led the House to initiate impeachment proceedings against him. The Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Nixon compelled Nixon to surrender the Oval Office tapes, which ...
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
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...
Oct 9, 2018 · August 1, 1972. An article in The Washington Post reports that a check for $25,000 earmarked for Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign was deposited into the bank account of one of the men arrested for...
Congressional hearings began on May 17, 1973, and were organized into three phases: “Watergate Investigations,” “Campaign Practices,” and “Campaign Financing.” In his opening statement, Senator Baker stated, “ [V]irtually every action taken by this committee since its inception has been taken with complete unanimity of purpose and procedure ….
