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Source: NPR

6/6/2022

Can the January 6 Committee Have the Impact of the Senate Watergate Hearings?

While the Watergate hearings of 1973 made chairman Sam Ervin a household name and publicized the crimes of Watergate and the Nixon campaign, it's unlikely the January 6 Committee can follow that act.

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Can the January 6 Committee Have the Impact of the Senate Watergate Hearings?