A grand jury returned indictments against seven of President Richard Nixon's closest aides in the Watergate affair. The special prosecutor appointed by Nixon and the defendants sought audio tapes of conversations recorded by Nixon in the Oval Office.

United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), was a landmark decision [1] of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court unanimously ordered President Richard Nixon to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials related to the Watergate scandal to a …

United States v. Nixon: The President cannot shield himself from producing evidence in a criminal prosecution based on the doctrine of executive privilege, although it is valid in other situations.

President Nixon claimed executive privilege and refused to hand over the tapes. President Nixon’s incomplete compliance with the special prosecutor’s demands was challenged and eventually taken to the Supreme Court of the United States.

2017年4月19日 · A special prosecutor served President Richard Nixon with a subpoena duces tecum after certain white house staff members were federally charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. The court subpoenaed documents and recordings related to meeting for which the president was present.

When President Nixon attempted to claim privilege and quash subpoenas of potentially incriminating tapes and documents related to Watergate, the Supreme Court rejected his claim of absolute executive privilege.

2024年8月15日 · The ruling in US v. Nixon was a major blow to President Nixon, who was ultimately forced to turn over the tapes and resign from office in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. More than four decades later, the legacy of US v. Nixon continues to be felt throughout American politics and law.

The special prosecutor in the Watergate scandal subpoenaed tape recordings made of President Nixon (the “President”) discussing the scandal with some of his advisers. The President claimed executive privilege as his basis for refusing to turn over the tapes.

On March 1, 1974, a grand jury of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia returned an indictment charging seven named individuals FN3 with various offenses, including conspiracy to defraud the United States and

2024年7月24日 · It was on this day in 1974 that the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to President Richard Nixon’s presidency, in a decision that led to the release of the Watergate tapes. The case of United States v. Nixon reached the Court on …