Under Trump v. United States, Nixon wouldn’t have had to worry about a pardon. He could have explained away all of these crimes as “official acts” he took using the powers of the presidency.

In United States v. Nixon, the Supreme Court considered President Nixon’s claim that executive privilege relieved him of the obligation to turn over certain tapes of presidential conversations ...

Here’s the relevant passage from United States v. Nixon in 1974 that she excerpted in her ruling dismissing Trump’s indictment : Under the authority of Art.