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Senate Watergate Committee opens nationally televised hearings

The Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, chaired by Sen. Sam Ervin, began public, nationally televised hearings into the Watergate break‑in and related campaign abuses.

Senate Watergate Committee opens nationally televised hearings

The televised hearings brought the Watergate investigation into living rooms nationwide, intensifying public scrutiny of the Nixon White House and propelling the scandal onto the front pages and into Congress.

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