"All motions are denied. The trial will proceed."
The words were delivered crisply and without emotion by Federal Judge John J. Sirica. Yet they summed up a historic "memorandum opinion and order," which Sirica then passed out to the attorneys in the Watergate cover-up trial. The ruling meant that in all probability former President Richard Nixon may never have to face public questioning under oath about his role in the scandal.
The Sirica order quashed a subpoena served on Nixon by Defendant John Ehrlichman to testify at the trial. The judge also denied...
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