Conversation so far:
What is the Covode Committee relative to James Buchanan?
In March 1860, the House created the Covode Committee to investigate the administration for alleged impeachable offenses.
What offenses by the administration was the Covode Committee created to investigate?
Alleged impeachable offenses include bribery and extortion of representatives.

Question: What was his role in the committee?
Self-contained rewrite: What was James Buchanan's role in the Covode Committee?