Watergate Committee

60 in 1973 to investigate the watergate scandal with the power to investigate the break in at the democratic national committee dnc headquarters at the watergate office complex in washington d c and any.

Watergate committee.

Political investigations began in february 1973 when the senate established a committee to investigate the watergate scandal. Nixon that were revealed following the arrest of five burglars at democratic national committee dnc headquarters in the watergate office apartment hotel complex in washington d c on june 17 1972. The watergate scandal was a political scandal in the united states involving the administration of u s. Regulation of campaign activities and contributions the establishment of a permanent special prosecutor and the creation of a permanent congressional legal service.

Some though not all of these recommendations became law. In 1973 after the senate select committee on campaign activities investigation into the break in at the democratic national committee dnc headquarters at the watergate office complex in. This is the committee that voted in favour of three articles of impeachment against president nixon. Initial investigations of watergate were heavily influenced by the media particularly the work of two reporters from the washington post bob woodward and carl bernstein along with their mysterious informant deep throat.

The senate watergate committee issued its final report which included exhaustive accounts of the various investigations full of documents from the nixon white house and 35 recommendations for legislative change including independent public attorney to investigate and prosecute wrongdoing in the executive branch. Watergate scandal interlocking political scandals of the administration of u s. The watergate committee s final report recommended legislative action in three areas. The scandal stemmed from the nixon administration s continuous attempts to cover up its involvement in the june 17 1972 break in of the democratic national committee headquarters at the washington d c.

The senate watergate committee known officially as the select committee on presidential campaign activities was a special committee established by the united states senate s res.