History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2152 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Senate Hearings
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The idea
Through the spring and summer of nineteen seventy-three the networks broadcast the Senate Watergate hearings, as former officials confessed or denied their roles.
In practice
John Dean, the White House counsel, testifying that Nixon was involved in the conspiracy, which Nixon denied.
Where people slip
Archibald Cox, named special prosecutor in May, pursued the case alongside the Senate, the anchor records.
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