According to the original reporting from the New York Times, Fonda sued Nixon, who resigned from office on August 9, 1974, for $ 2.8 million alleging that the president and top government officials conspired to deprive her of her constitutional rights.

Actor and activist Jane Fonda received the lifetime achievement honor at the SAG Awards recognizing her decades-spanning work and her humanitarian accomplishments.

Jane Fonda, the two-time Oscar winning actor and activist with a career spanning six decades and genres across film and television, was awarded the SAG life achievement award on Sunday at the 31st Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.