The Watergate scandal It is the largest political scandal in the history of the United States, which emerged during the ...

To historians and archivists, it points to the possibility that Trump’s presidency will leave less for the nation’s historical record than nearly any before it and that what is authorized for public ...

Lawmakers have not included executive privilege among the long list of exemptions to Iowa's open records law. But Reynolds' lawyer has argued that the privilege is "inherent" in the Iowa Constitution.

I had the privilege of serving as one of the president’s lawyers on the Watergate legal defense team, reporting to Special Watergate Counsel James St. Clair, a tough Boston trial lawyer.

Indeed, under the complex holding of the Supreme Court’s recent immunity decision, President Nixon would have had a plausible claim to executive privilege over the Watergate break-in and the ...

Today, half a century later, the lessons of Watergate look very different. Instead of constraining the executive branch, Nixon’s ouster marked the beginning of a long-term effort to strengthen ...

Nixon refused to turn them over, claiming executive privilege shielded them from legal scrutiny. On Oct. 20, 1973, Nixon fired Cox over the tapes dispute, an event forever known as the Saturday ...

In his 37th address from the Oval Office, the 37th president of the United States spoke words never said by an American president. “I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow ...

In 1974, the Supreme Court seemingly approved a special prosecutor’s authority in then-President Richard Nixon’s case over the Watergate tapes subpoena. But in dismissing the classified ...

But in the 1974 case over President Richard Nixon’s refusal to release Oval Office recordings as part of t he Watergate investigation, the Supreme Court held that the privilege is not absolute.

House Republicans have filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland for the audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel.