Watergate’s Bernstein hits ‘politicized’ Supremes

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In a new Discovery Channel documentary about the filming of the Watergate-era drama “All the President’s Men,” a key figure in the investigation suggests that today’s “politicized” Supreme Court wouldn’t have forced former President Richard Nixon to release secretly recorded tapes.

During the documentary’s focus on the tapes, several key officials reveal their amazement that the court in July 1974 voted unanimously to force Nixon to turn the tapes over.

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