John Sirica Biography

Presides as the Watergate break-in trial opens for G. Gordon Liddy and James McCord; other defendants later enter guilty pleas during the proceedings.

Presides as the criminal trial begins for G. Gordon Liddy and James McCord after five other Watergate defendants choose guilty pleas.

Convicted Watergate burglar and ex-CIA agent James Mc Cord, still facing sentencing, wrote a letter to U.S.

District Judge John Sirica.

Judge Sirica urged Mc Cord to cooperate fully with the Senate Watergate Committee, which was about to begin its investigation.

This record states: In the letter, Mc Cord stated that he had been pressured to plead guilty and remain silent, that he had perjured himself during the trial, that the break-in was not a CIA operation, and that other.

This record states: as yet unnamed Government officials, were involved.

Convicted Watergate burglar and ex-CIA agent James Mc Cord, still facing sentencing, wrote a letter to U.S.

District Judge John Sirica.

Judge Sirica urged Mc Cord to cooperate fully with the Senate Watergate Committee, which was about to begin its investigation.

This record states: In the letter, Mc Cord stated that he had been pressured to plead guilty and remain silent, that he had perjured himself during the trial, that the break-in was not a CIA operation, and that other.

This record states: as yet unnamed Government officials, were involved.

Receives seven presidential recordings from Nixon's lawyers for judicial review in the continuing Watergate tapes dispute.

After reviewing presidential recordings supplied by the White House, releases relevant portions to Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski.

Orders Nixon to comply with Jaworski's subpoena for sixty-four White House recordings and allows the president time to appeal.