Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (
****SEE RESTRICTIONS/RIGHTS FIELD BEFORE USING**** IN 00.02.00 OUT 01.04.28 [00.02.00-NPACT title-view of John DEAN making a closing statement of his testimony, claiming malice for none, and professing to have tried to hide nothing of his own involvement. States it has been difficult to speak against friends, former colleagues, and the President, and that he decided to go to the prosecutors to help remove "the cloud over the Government"-image of page bearing Senate Resolution 60, Robert MacNEILL v.o. reads resolution-title screen "SENATE HEARINGS ON CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES] [00.03.56-MacNEILL in studio] MacNEILL states that today is the end of the longest week of the hearings thus far, a week that consisted entirely of the testimony of John DEAN, former White House counsel. States that the foundations of DEAN'S testimony were laid out in DEAN'S 245 page statement on Monday, and since then, Senators have sought elaboration, and to test the truth of his story. States that other witnesses will address the incidents and facts that DEAN has addressed, and that in this days hearings, DEAN seemed rattled only when he had to admit that he sometimes confused two downtown D.C. hotels. Other than that DEAN stuck to his guns and his story came out intact, which has, to many opinions, weakened the White House position. [00.04.49-Jim LEHRER] LEHRER states that not a single member of the committee has demanded that the PRESIDENT come before the committee to testify, but there have been suggestions that NIXON should perhaps tell the committee his side of the story. States that Sen. BAKER pointedly noted today that Pres. WILSON invited legislators to meet him when considering the LEAGUE OF NATIONS, and Sen. ERVIN noted that Pres. LINCOLN appeared voluntarily before a committee investigating treasonous news leaks, and Sen. WEICKER read from Carl SANDBURG'S biography of LINCOLN the portion where LINCOLN appeared before a house committee to defend his wife against charges of treason. [00.05.46-clip of WEICKER reading the passage of SANDBURG,] [00.07.13]