John Sirica
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1904 – 1992
Who was John Sirica?
John Joseph Sirica was the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where he became famous for his role in the Watergate scandal. He rose to national prominence during the Watergate scandal when he ordered President Richard Nixon to turn over his recordings of White House conversations.
Sirica's involvement in the case began when he presided over the trial of the Watergate burglars. He did not believe the claim that they had acted alone, and persuaded or coerced most of them to implicate the men who had arranged the break-in. For his role in Watergate the judge was named TIME magazine's Man of the Year in 1973.
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- Born
- Mar 19, 1904
Waterbury - Nationality
- Italy
- United States of America
- Education
- Georgetown University
- Duke University
- Emerson Preparatory School
- Georgetown University Law Center
- Juris Doctor
- Lived in
- Waterbury
- Died
- Aug 14, 1992
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on July 23, 2013
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