Nixon Foundation demands correction from '60 Minutes' after segment says he 'sought to destroy' WH tapes

The Richard Nixon Foundation demanded a correction from CBS News on Monday after a "60 Minutes" segment stated the 37th U.S. president "sought to destroy" audio tapes that might have implicated him during the Watergate scandal.

The "60 Minutes" segment that aired on Sunday examined the National Archives storage systems and the Presidential Records Act, passed in 1978, which barred presidents from destroying records during their presidency and no longer allowed them to be claimed as personal possession.

"Before the Watergate scandal, records belonged to the presidents who created them. But after President Nixon sought to destroy audio tapes with evidence of potential crimes, Congress took action," CBS's Norah O'Donnell said in the segment.

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The Nixon Foundation issued a statement hours later demanding a correction to the show's characterization of what transpired as it relates to the infamous audio tapes.

"Last night’s @60Minutes segment incorrectly stated that President Nixon ‘sought to’ destroy White House tapes. President Nixon never ‘sought to’ destroy any White House tapes, but in fact chose to preserve all of them when their existence became known in July 1973," the foundation wrote on X.

"While President Nixon’s records were seized by Act of Congress after he resigned, it was not because he ever ‘sought to’ destroy the tapes…"

"We hope that @60Minuteswill correct this error," they added.

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Prior to the Presidential Records Act, Congress passed the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act (PRMPA) in 1974