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Ken Smith reports on the impact journalism had on Watergate and the parallels to the current Jan. 6 select committee hearings.



Watergate scandal 50 years ago impacts coverage of Jan. 6 riot 

The Watergate Hearings, 50 Years Ago: Truth Was Not Up for Debate

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 -- Fifty years ago a politician from Western North Carolina stood up for the rule of law.  Today we learn how another Western North Carolina politician sullied the state's image as he aided and abetted an effort to overthrow a legitimate election and trample on the Constitution.

Editorial: 50 years ago an NC politician stood up. Now another takes the low road 

Sen. Sam Ervin

Former North Carolina Attorney General and Secretary of State Rufus Edmisten was the Watergate Committee's deputy chief counsel.

ENJOY THESE PARKS BOOKING FOR THE TRIP WILL START LATER THIS MONTH. WOW. >> THIS YEAR MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST POLITICAL SCANDALS IN U.S. HISTORY. WATERGATE, WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS FORMER NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SECRETARY OF STATE RUFUS EDMISTEN PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THOSE HEARINGS ONLY ON WRAL MIKAYA THURMOND SPOKE WITH A POLITICIAN ABOUT THE PIVOTAL MOMENT IN HISTORY. >> THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE BREAK-IN PEOPLE. IT WAS NEWS. NO ONE COULD BELIEVE 5 WELL-DRESSED MEN BURGLARIZING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS JOURNALIST CITING UNNAMED SOURCES REPORTED THE PRESIDENT WAS IN ON IT. IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE BECAUSE >> WHENEVER DID YOU HAVE BURGLARS WEARING SUITS AND TIES WITH THE BRAKE AND AS IT BECAME CLEAR THAT IT WAS A NATIONAL ISSUE. THAT'S WHEN THE SENATE WATERGATE COMMITTEE WAS. >> WAS FORMED. RUFUS EDMISTEN WAS AWARDED A COMMITTEE'S DEPUTY CHIEF COUNSEL WHEN THE PLAN WAS UNCOVERED. ITS FIRST GOAL WAS TO GET THE TAPES AND DOCUMENT. THE PRESIDENT REFUSED TO TURN OVER THAT. THEY DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO SOMETHING THEY'VE NEVER DONE IN HISTORY. >> THEY VOTED TO SUBPOENA PRESIDENT FROM A COMMITTEE OF THE CONGRESS. AND I DECIDED, WELL, SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO DELIVER THAT SUBPOENA. >> I'LL JUST DO IT MYSELF WITH THAT SUBPOENA. NIXON HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TURN OVER THE TAPES, BOOKS AND RECORDS. IT LED TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST HEARINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE COUNTRY WAS SATURATED WITH WATER, GAVE LIVE HEARINGS. GAVEL TO GAVEL EVERY DAY. PEOPLE LINED THE STREETS TO GET IT. THAT'S ON CONSTITUTION AVENUE. WE HAVE ROBERT REDFORD ONE TIME. >> WE HAD A BARBRA STREISAND. ONE TIME. >> IN THE END, 40 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WERE INDICTED OR JAILED NIXON RESIGNED FROM OFFICE 50 YEARS LATER. EDMISTEN SAYS ONE QUESTION REMAINS ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT WATERGATE THAT WAS SO STRANGE TO ME. HOW COULD ALL THESE PEOPLE ALL SUCH? PRIVILEGE AND POWER AND EDUCATION. DO SUCH STUPID THINGS. BUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TRIAL STILL STANDS THE WHOLE WATERGATE AFFAIR. SHOULD A NEW FEELING THAT YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THE THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT IN BALANCE. IT'S A BALANCE MISTON SET INTO MOTION ON JULY 23RD BY SERVING THIS DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED AMERICAN HISTORY.

NC attorney remembers subpoenaing President Nixon during Watergate scandal

Watergate 50 years later: NC attorney remembers subpoenaing President Nixon

Former North Carolina Attorney General and Secretary of State Rufus Edmisten played a critical role in those hearings. Edmisten was the Watergate Committee's deputy chief counsel.

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Kennedy-Nixon debate

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For the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major political parties is shown on television. Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy met in Chicago for the first of a series of four debates.

Richard Nixon Coverage

Watergate scandal 50 years ago impacts coverage of Jan. 6 riot

Editorial: 50 years ago an NC politician stood up. Now another takes the low road

NC attorney remembers subpoenaing President Nixon during Watergate scandal

Watergate 50 years later: NC attorney remembers subpoenaing President Nixon

This day in history: First Kennedy-Nixon debate (Sept. 26)

How the impeachment articles against Trump are similar to, and different from, Clinton and Nixon

This day in history: John F. Kennedy elected president

This day in history: John F. Kennedy elected president

This day in history: Sept. 26, 1960

This day in history: Sept. 26, 1960