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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 federal district court.
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.
United States v. Nixon (1974) Court Limits Executive Privilege, Orders Nixon to Release Tapes. Overview. A congressional hearing about President Nixon’s Watergate break-in scandal revealed that he had installed a tape-recording device in the Oval Office.
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.
The full Senate convicted Nixon and sought to remove him from office. Nixon challenged Senate Rule XI in federal court on the ground that the rule violated the impeachment clause of the Constitution, which declares that "the Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments."
Nixon, a former Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, was convicted by a jury of two counts of making false statements before a federal grand jury and sentenced to prison.