What Was the Significance of the "Nixon Tapes" in the Watergate

question 29

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the "Nixon tapes" in the Watergate scandal?

• A)They had been secretly recorded at the order of the prosecutors without Nixon knowing, proving to be an invasion of privacy.
• B)They revealed Nixon's willingness to cooperate with investigators, as he supplied them early on in the case.
• C)They confirmed Nixon's active role in the cover-up and suggested that certain segments had been erased.
• D)They established a precedent for only providing transcriptions of recordings in court cases, as the two versions matched.
• E)They confirmed that the White House had not tried to offer "hush money" to witnesses and protected all of Nixon's advisors from time in prison.

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