On This Day: May 5, 1987 - Iran Contra Hearings Begin in the United States

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On This Day: May 5, 1987 - Iran Contra Hearings Begin in the United States.

On May 5, 1987, the congressional hearings into the Iran Contra affair officially began in Washington D.C., putting one of the decade’s biggest political scandals in the national spotlight. The hearings were broadcast live and investigated the covert sale of arms to Iran and the illegal diversion of funds to support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

The investigation featured dramatic testimonies from key figures including Oliver North and John Poindexter, and raised major questions about...
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