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Episode 145 RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1974 Through the Fire (Part 20) The House Impeachment Inquiry Begins
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The House Judiciary Committee is about to take center stage. In February 1974, the House votes to start the inquiry on Impeachment in ernest. They assign the task to the House Judiciary Committee under its new Chairman Peter Rodino, a little known New Jersey Democrat from Jersey City. He had assumed the position out of seniority after Elizabeth Holtzman's upset victory had unseated Chairman Emanuel Celler, who had served 50 years in the House and was a friend and supporter of President Nixon.
Most of the committee was made up of lesser known political figures, some at the…
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