Why didn't Nixon just throw away the tapes containing proof of his involvement with the watergate scandal?

Question

Why didn't Nixon just throw away the tapes containing proof of his involvement with the watergate scandal?

Answer 1

I think he did it to draw the attention of the American public to the corruption in our government.

Answer 2

because.. he's a idiot.

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Answer 3

Why are you asking this..............................?  No brainer.............!

Answer 4

He was saving them to write his memoirs and didn't think they would be supoenaed then when they were he was afraid to chunk them because too many people knew about them.

Answer 5

he was waiting to sell them on Ebay for major $$

Answer 6

He had a Napoleon L' etat ce moi complex, thinking he could intimidate congress into dropping the whole hot potato.  He manufactured his own reality/morality toward the end.