Watergate Trial Opens
Presides as the Watergate break-in trial opens for G. Gordon Liddy and James McCord; other defendants later enter guilty pleas during the proceedings.
Role range: 1972-1974
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John Sirica Biography and Timeline
Follow John Sirica through 21 dated historical records for United States of America.
John Sirica, historical timeline
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1973
Watergate Trial Opens
Presides as the criminal trial begins for G. Gordon Liddy and James McCord after five other Watergate defendants choose guilty pleas.
Role range: 1972-1974
Watergate Trial Opens
Presides as the criminal trial begins for G. Gordon Liddy and James McCord after five other Watergate defendants choose guilty pleas.
Role range: 1972-1974
Watergate
Convicted Watergate burglar and ex-CIA agent James Mc Cord, still facing sentencing, wrote a letter to U.S.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
Convicted Watergate burglar and ex-CIA agent James McCord, still facing sentencing, wrote a letter to U.S.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
District Judge John Sirica.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
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.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
In the letter, McCord 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.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
Judge Sirica urged Mc Cord to cooperate fully with the Senate Watergate Committee, which was about to begin its investigation.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
Judge Sirica urged McCord to cooperate fully with the Senate Watergate Committee, which was about to begin its investigation.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
Sirica is the United States District Judge who receives James McCord's letter concerning pressure surrounding the Watergate case.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
as yet unnamed Government officials, were involved.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
Convicted Watergate burglar and ex-CIA agent James Mc Cord, still facing sentencing, wrote a letter to U.S.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
District Judge John Sirica.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
In the letter, McCord 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.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
Judge Sirica urged Mc Cord to cooperate fully with the Senate Watergate Committee, which was about to begin its investigation.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
Sirica is the United States District Judge who receives James McCord's letter concerning pressure surrounding the Watergate case.
Role range: 1960-1975
Watergate
as yet unnamed Government officials, were involved.
Role range: 1960-1975
Seven Watergate Tapes Received
Receives seven presidential recordings from Nixon's lawyers for judicial review in the continuing Watergate tapes dispute.
Role range: 1972-1974
Tapes Released to Jaworski
After reviewing presidential recordings supplied by the White House, releases relevant portions to Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski.
Role range: 1972-1974
1974
Jaworski Tape Order
Orders Nixon to comply with Jaworski's subpoena for sixty-four White House recordings and allows the president time to appeal.
Role range: 1972-1974
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