Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities June 28, 1973. Testimony of John Dean.
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities June 28, 1973. Testimony of John Dean.
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities June 28, 1973. Testimony of John Dean.
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities June 28, 1973. Testimony of John Dean.
Senator Sam Ervin (D North Carolina). Just one other matter. Article II of the Constitution says, in defining the power of the President, section 3 of article II, "He" that is the President, "shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed." Do you know anything that the President did or said at any time between June 17 and the present moment, to perform his duty to see that the laws are faithfully executed in respect to what is called the Watergate affair? John Dean. Mr. Chairman, I have given the facts as I know them and I don't, I would rather be excused from drawing my own conclusion on that at this point in time.
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities June 28, 1973. Testimony of John Dean.
Senator Sam Ervin (D North Carolina). Now, you ve been asked several questions about your credibility. I will ask you as a lawyer if the experience of the English speaking race, both in its legislative, bodies and in its courts, has not demonstrated that the only reliable way in which the credibility of a witness can be tested is for that witness to be interrogated upon oath and have his credibility determined not only by what he says but by his conduct and demeanor while he is saying it and also by whether his testimony is corroborated or not corroborated by other witnesses? John Dean. That is correct. Senator Sam Ervin (D North Carolina). Is there any way whatsoever to test the credibility of anybody when the credibility has to be judged merely upon the basis of a written statement? John Dean. No, sir. Senator Sam Ervin (D North Carolina). Thank you very much. The committee will stand in recess until 2 o'clock.
Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities June 28, 1973. Testimony of John Dean.
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Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities June 28, 1973. Testimony of John Dean.
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Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities June 28, 1973. Testimony of John Dean.
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Watergate Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities June 28, 1973. Testimony of John Dean.
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