POLS 4701 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Watergate Scandal, United States House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, Executive Privilege
3 Apr 2020
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President ford chose to testify before congress and attempt to set the record straight, which appeared to initially pay off as the judiciary committee closed its investigation. Democrats won majorly in midterm elections in which they gained a 2/3rd majority in the house and 60 seats in the senate. Congress reached the height of its power in modern american politics: historical standards and norms used, practice in which the executive branch would cooperate with congressional investigations and subpoenas. Today investigations are dismissed by voters as illegitimate and far reaching: before president trump, it was unimaginable that a president would engage in uncooperative behavior. The largest of these investigations is the mueller investigation. Attorney"s office for the southern district of ny is one we hear about often and has conducted investigations into trump"s hush money payments to stormy daniels and various administration dealings surrounding michael cohen and roger stone.
