History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2153 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Tapes
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The idea
On July sixteenth, nineteen seventy-three, Alexander Butterfield testified that a voice-activated system recorded conversations in the Oval Office, Digital History records.
In practice
Cox and the Senate subpoenaing the tapes, and Nixon refusing, citing executive privilege, the president's claimed right to refuse certain subpoenas.
Where people slip
The anchor says the investigation might have ended without Butterfield's testimony.
Your place on the trail
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