Topic: Howard Baker

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), vice-chair of the select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol, speaks during a business meeting on Capitol Hill on Capitol Hill on December 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. | Tennessee Senator Howard Baker questions a witness during the Watergate Hearings. Baker was a member of the Senate Watergate Committee, which began their nationally televised hearings in mid-May 1973 and resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is Jan. 6 the new Watergate?

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Donald Trump and Lamar Alexander (AP Photo/Salon)

Why Lamar Alexander took the fall

Heather Digby Parton
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Democrats should vow public hearings

Heather Digby Parton
Glenn R. Simpson, co-founder of Fusion GPS (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Was this a Watergate moment?

Heather Digby Parton