Elizabeth Holtzman

Elizabeth Holtzman appears in the following:

Meet the Candidates: NY-10th Congressional District

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Back-to-back "elevator" pitches by (almost) all of the Democrats running to represent New York's 10th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Fifty years later, a leading figure in the Watergate trial sees lessons for today

Friday, June 17, 2022

Five burglars were arrested at the Watergate hotel on June 17th, 1972. The ensuing investigation led to President Richard Nixon himself.

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Liz Holtzman's Take on the 2021 City Elections

Monday, June 07, 2021

Elizabeth Holtzman was a Congresswoman, the city's comptroller, the Brooklyn DA and worked in Mayor John Lindsay's office. She shares her thoughts on this month's primary election.

Keep It 100: Elizabeth Holtzman on Fighting For the ERA

Wednesday, April 08, 2020

Former congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman on fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, opposite Phyllis Schlafly. 

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A Deeply Divided House Vote

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Elizabeth Holtzman, former U.S. Congresswoman during the Nixon impeachment proceedings, recalls how bipartisan that process was compared to today's. 

Elizabeth Holtzman's Final Straw

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Former U.S. congresswoman and Brooklyn DA Elizabeth Holtzman talks about resigning from the Homeland Security Advisory Council and why she's calling on Secretary Nielsen to resign.

Mueller Investigation Through the Eyes of a Watergate Veteran

Thursday, March 01, 2018

Former Congresswoman and Brooklyn District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman has seen this before: during her role at the Watergate trial.

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The Russia Probe and Watergate

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

How Trump's responses to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election echoes that of Nixon's during Watergate. 

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Brian Lehrer Live: Investigating the White House; Running for Office 101; A Divided, Exceptional America

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Brian discusses the latest in the Trump-Russia investigations; what it takes to run for local office; and our divided, exceptional America. 

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Smells Like Watergate

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Elizabeth Holtzman played a key role in the Watergate investigation, and she is sounding the alarms on the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

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Looking Back On Mayor Lindsay's Tenure

Monday, November 02, 2015

It's the fiftieth anniversary of John Lindsay's election as mayor of New York City. A look back on his tenure.

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40 Years After Nixon Resigns

Friday, August 08, 2014

40 years ago today, President Nixon announced he was resigning from office. Elizabeth Holtzman was a member of the House Judiciary Committee in 1974 (D-Brooklyn) and had sought to impeach him over the unauthorized bombing of Cambodia. She looks back on Nixon's presidency and the Watergate hearings.

Where were you on August 8, 1974?  

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For Your Consideration

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Elizabeth Holtzman, former Congresswoman (D-NY 16th) and the author of The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens, discusses her bid to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat.

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30 Issues: The Post-Bush Constitution

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Adam Liptak, the Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times, looks at how the Constitution and executive power have changed over the past eight years. Then, Laurence Tribe, professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School and adviser to the Obama campaign.

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