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The Senate Watergate Committee was a special committee convened by the United States Senate to investigate the Watergate scandal after it was learned that in 1972, the Watergate burglars had been directed to break into and wiretap the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) by the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP), President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign fund raising organization. The formal, official name of the committee was the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities.〔(Senate Historical Minutes: Watergate Leaks Lead to Open Hearings ). United States Senate Historical Office.〕 The Committee played a pivotal role in gathering evidence that would lead to the indictment of forty administration officials and the conviction of several of Nixon's aides for obstruction of justice and other crimes. Its revelations prompted the introduction of articles of impeachment against the President in the House of Representatives, which led to Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974. ==Members== The members of the Senate Watergate Committee were: |} The chief counsel of the Committee was Samuel Dash, who directed the investigation. The minority counsel was Fred Thompson. Members of the Senate Watergate Committee’s professional staff included: * Rufus Edmisten (Deputy Counsel) *Donald Sanders (Deputy Minority Counsel - Republican) * Terry Lenzner, chief investigator〔(The $100,000 Misunderstanding ), Time Magazine, May 6, 1974〕 * Scott Armstrong * Robert Muse * Marc Lackritz * Gordon L. Freedman 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States Senate Watergate Committee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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