Senator Howard Baker Asks John Dean a Key Question (1973)
Senator Howard Baker, a Republican and Vice Chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee, poses a key question for his fellow committee members as well as the viewing audience: What did the president know and when did he know it? Dean’s response implicates both Nixon and his staff in the cover-up and efforts to derail the investigation of the Watergate break-in. This was a key moment in the televised hearings.
Senator Howard Baker Asks John Dean a Key Question (1973) | WETA-TV | June 28, 1973 This video clip and associated transcript appear from 1:02:38 - 1:08:43 in the full record.
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