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Cox Subpoena Rejected

United States · Politics / Watergate. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1973

Richard Milhous Nixon25 July 1973

Washington · Politics / Watergate

Informs Judge John Sirica that he will not comply with the special prosecutor's tape subpoena, arguing that presidential materials are immune from compulsory process.

Names involved

Richard Milhous Nixon

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