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Nixon paid a bribe to someone. Maheu was the bagman.

Nixon received $100,000 for his personal use through his pal Bebe Rebozo. Maheu was a bagman because Howard Hughes ordered him to do so. He was a party to the act.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/24/60minutes/main676414.shtml

After Nixon took office, Hughes ordered Maheu to give a sizeable sum of money to the president’s close friend, Bebe Rebozo.

"They had given Bebe Rebozo $100,000 in cash for the president," says Lenzner. "For Nixon personally."

To Maheu, the $100,000 in cash was a political contribution, half of which he handed to Rebozo in person. "We delivered the envelope at his home," says Maheu.

Did he see what Rebozo did with it? "Have no idea. He went in another room," says Maheu. "Came back without, as they say, without the money."

What was illegal or nefarious about Hughes giving Nixon money in a political campaign?

"If it had gone to a legitimate political campaign, it would have been perfectly appropriate and OK," says Lenzner. "This, however, was a bribe, in effect, through Mr. Rebozo to the president."

Congressional investigators believed the cash was given to get Hughes favorable government treatment for his casino and airline businesses.