United States Senate Watergate Committee

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United States Senate special committee investigative committee

The United States Senate Watergate Committee was a special investigative committee formed by the U.S. Senate in 1973 to publicly investigate the Watergate break-in and related abuses of power in the Nixon administration.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Senate Watergate Committee	5
United States Senate Watergate Committee hearings	3
Senate Watergate Committee hearings	1
Senate Watergate hearings	1
Watergate investigation	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Senate special committee ⓘ investigative committee ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ⓘ United States Senate Watergate Committee ⓘ surface form: Senate Watergate Committee
appliesToEvent	Watergate scandal ⓘ
archivesAt	National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
broadcastOn	PBS ⓘ surface form: Public Broadcasting Service commercial television networks in the United States ⓘ
chairperson	Sam Ervin ⓘ
chairpersonParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
contributedTo	impeachment process against Richard Nixon ⓘ resignation of President Richard Nixon ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	93rd United States Congress ⓘ surface form: United States Senate Resolution 60 (93rd Congress)
dissolved	1974 ⓘ
endCause	completion of investigation into Watergate scandal ⓘ
fieldOfWork	government oversight ⓘ political corruption investigation ⓘ
hasPart	final report ⓘ public hearings ⓘ staff investigation ⓘ
inception	1973 ⓘ
jurisdiction	presidential campaign activities in the 1972 election ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeTerm	93rd United States Congress ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainPurpose	investigate abuses of power in the Nixon administration ⓘ investigate the Watergate break-in ⓘ
member	Daniel Inouye ⓘ Edward Gurney ⓘ Herman Talmadge ⓘ Howard Baker ⓘ Joseph Montoya ⓘ Lowell Weicker ⓘ Sam Ervin ⓘ
notableWitness	Alexander Butterfield ⓘ H. R. Haldeman ⓘ John Dean ⓘ John Ehrlichman ⓘ John Mitchell ⓘ
officialName	Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ⓘ
rankingMember	Howard Baker ⓘ
rankingMemberParty	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
significantEvent	opening public hearings in May 1973 ⓘ
significantFinding	documented cover-up of the Watergate break-in ⓘ exposed existence of White House taping system ⓘ
subjectOf	televised hearings ⓘ
timePeriod	Nixon administration ⓘ