Conversation so far:
what was the covode committe?
Covode Committee to investigate the administration for evidence of offenses, some impeachable, such as bribery and extortion.
what did they find?
corruption and abuse of power among members of his cabinet, as well as allegations (if not impeachable evidence) from the Republican members of the Committee, that Buchanan.
was anyone arrested?
Buchanan claimed to have "passed triumphantly.
what else was found?
Buchanan had attempted to bribe members of Congress in connection with the Lecompton constitution.
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was he successful in doing so?
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Question: who was on the committee?
Self-contained rewrite: who was on the covode committee?