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Supreme Court Case. United States v. Nixon (The Tapes Case) (1974) 418 U.S. 683 (1974) “ [N]either the doctrine of separation of powers, nor the need for confidentiality of high-level communications, without more, can sustain an absolute, unqualified Presidential privilege of immunity from judicial process under all circumstances.”.
Nixon himself launched the first investigation into how the tapes were erased. He claimed that it was an intensive investigation but came up empty. On November 21, 1973, Sirica appointed a panel of persons nominated jointly by the White House and the Special Prosecution Force.
Oct 3, 2019 · The Supreme Court in 1974 ordered President Richard M. Nixon, here in March 1973, to turn over tape recordings of White House conversations for the Watergate prosecution.
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Jun 30, 2017 · Background on the Nixon Case. The United States v. Nixon ruling arose from the late stages of the Watergate investigation, which was triggered when burglars broke into the Democratic Party National Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel complex in the summer of 1972. About a year after the burglary, the United States Attorney General, Elliot ...
Executive Office Building: Audiotapes 348-448. Oval Office: Audiotapes 746-950. Tapes will be added as the National Archives continues its digitization project. For Tapes still pending online release, contact the Nixon Library to explore copies. White House Telephone - Audiotape 001 to Audiotape 046 - Phone Conversations.
Jun 17, 2022 · Aug. 5, 1974: The “smoking gun” tape becomes public. In the recording of a June 23, 1972, conversation, Nixon is heard approving a proposal from his chief of staff to press the FBI to drop its investigation of the Watergate break-in six days earlier. Republicans who had intended to support Nixon in an impeachment trial abandon him.
Instead of downloading three parts of a six hour tape, researchers can simply download the individual conversation (i.e. instead of downloading tape 50a, 50b, and 50c to look for conversation 50-3, a researcher working with chronological releases four and five need simply will download conversation # 50-3). Browsing or searching the Nixon tapes
