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The member of congress wanted to know if president Nixon and his staff were guilty of crime against the federal government .The Senate formed a committee members to learn more about the watergate events.The committee members believed that tapes Nixon made of conversations in his office would provide information about the events.The Supreme Court ordered Nixon to give his tapes to congredd.Nixon refused, TSC said "a president cannot use his power to'cover up' crimes. So Nixon was force to turn over his tapes.A special committee in the House of Representatives listened to the tapes and decided that Nixon had committed crimes and should be impeached

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