QUESTION 5 What provided a check on presidential power in the early 1970s? a. The free press revealing the executive branch's connection to the Watergate burglars, and then the House Jud impeachment. Ob.J. Edgar Hoover, who was the FBI director since its inception. OC. The heads of the FBI, CIA, and Justice Department worked together to bring legal charges against the presiden Od. The U.S. Senate convicting Nixon, and thus his removal from office.

QUESTION 5 What provided a check on presidential power in the early 1970s? a. The free press revealing the executive branch's connection to the Watergate burglars, and then the House Jud impeachment. Ob.J. Edgar Hoover, who was the FBI director since its inception. OC. The heads of the FBI, CIA, and Justice Department worked together to bring legal charges against the presiden Od. The U.S. Senate convicting Nixon, and thus his removal from office.