All across the media and social media this week, the hearings in Washington, D.C., over fired FBI Director James Comey have been compared to the 1973 Watergate hearings. However, a key figure from ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on May 17, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On May 17, 1973, a special committee convened by the ...

Henry S. Richardson ’77 was spending his weekend rock climbing in New York when his father, the United States Attorney General, quit his job. It was Oct. 20, 1973, and Richard Nixon had just asked ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! U.S. Senate Historian Kate Scott described Washington, DC during the Watergate hearings in the summer of 1973. Archival video of Former Nixon White ...

I was 11 during the summer of 1973 when the Watergate hearings were televised. The memory is still very clear in my mind, and it was a watershed moment for a young girl who thought her country was ...

June 25-29, 1973 - Dean testifies before the Senate Select Committee about the White House and Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate break-in and cover-up. July 16, 1973 - During the Watergate hearings ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! A brief overview of Watergate is highlighted in this video. While there is no specific provision in the U.S. Constitution authorizing congressional ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - On July 16, 1973, during a live broadcast of the Watergate hearings in the Senate, it was revealed that a secret taping system inside the White House had recorded all of President ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Watergate, the 1970s political scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. June 17, 1972 – Five men are arrested after breaking into Democratic National ...