Why did President Nixon refuse to hand over the tapes of his White House conversations?Check any of the boxes that apply.

Nixon resisted turning over the recordings because he argued that executive privilege allowed him to keep confidential presidential communications private. He also feared that the tapes could reveal his involvement in the Watergate cover-up and other wrongdoing. He did not claim the tapes no longer existed; they were later subpoenaed and produced.

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