Word: subpoenaing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...danger that the inquiry would blow up in the hands of the Democrats if the nation perceived it to be a partisan vendetta against the President. Even so, Rodino was charged with partisanship himself early on, when he gaveled through decisions on party-line votes to give himself sole subpoena powers. Later, Rodino gave up that right and got strong bipartisan support for the eight subpoenas for presidential tapes, all of which Nixon refused to honor...
...tapes are produced, the White House might report, as it has in the past, that some recordings mentioned in the subpoena simply were never made. So far the White House has said that 13 tapes previously sought do not exist. Others may contain gaps, like a 19-minute blank reported last week by the Special
...well as his own position on the tapes subpoena; his counsel passed him a note reminding him of that fact...
White: He's never listened to the tapes. He doesn't know precisely what's on them. You would say that he could never subpoena a tape unless he had already gotten...
...evidence shows that Nixon again discussed the Watergate cover-up with Dean on March 17. A committee subpoena for the tape of that conversation was rejected by the White House. But during a later talk between Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler, a tape of which was obtained by the Judiciary Committee, Nixon recounted that on March 17 he ordered Dean to "cut off any disclosures that might implicate him in Watergate." The Judiciary Committee states: "The President said that [the former deputy campaign director] Jeb Magruder 'put the heat on, and [the former treasurer of Nixon...