During a recess in the hearings, Representative Trent Lott (Mississippi) was interviewed by Sam Donaldson and Frank Reynolds of ABC, in a lobby with set-up for press corps. July 1974.

Due to limited space inside, most of the press had to set up outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing room for live coverage. On July 27, 1974, after the final 27-11 vote of approval of the Articles for Impeachment, news and interviews were broadcast to the waiting world. It was the first recommendation of impeachment to be lodged against a president by a House investigating body since 1868.
-FJM