Watergate jury selection begins 40 years ago today (1973)


Video: Jan. 8, 1973 (at 13:11)

(Monday, January 8, 1973; during the Watergate scandal) — U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica began selecting jurors today in Washington for the long-awaited trial of seven men charged in the June 1972 Watergate burglary, for which several past and present White House aides were named as prospective government witnesses.