In this case, the court is asked to decide if the president had knowledgeinvolvement in the Watergate robberies and if he had the right to invoke Executive Privilege. Facts         During the campaign of President Nixon's second term, a group of burglars working for the committee to re-elect the President broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office-apartment complex in Washington DC, apparently in search of political intelligence. Attempts by the …showed first 75 words of 691 total…

…showed last 75 words of 691 total…his use of public funds to improve his private property. After this decision, a beleaguered President released three tapes to the public on August 5, 1974; one revealing that he had attempted to thwart the FBI's inquiry into the Watergate burglary. It proved that Nixon had been a large part in the cover-up from its beginnings. With this new evidence and the remaining congressional support for the president crushed, Richard Nixon became the first President to resign.