President Nixon was heard making derogatory comments about Jews and Mexicans when secret White House tapes were played in a Washington federal courtroom. On a previously unheard tape made in October 1971, Nixon called an immigration official in California a “kike.” The case came to court after Nixon’s estate sought compensation for the tapes, which were confiscated by the government when he resigned on Aug. 9, 1974.
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