To: zax who wrote (539325 ) 9/25/2025 11:11:59 PM From: Sam 3 RecommendationsRecommended By
Respond to Several prosecutors have resigned or just flat out refused without resigning to follow Trump's order to prosecute Comey. This is a little reminiscent of the Saturday Night Massacre which eventually led to Nixon's impeachment and resignation. For those too young to remember it:Saturday Night Massacre " was a series of resignations over the dismissal of special prosecutor Archibald Cox that took place in the United States Department of Justice during the Watergate scandal in 1973. [1] The events followed the refusal by Cox to drop a subpoena for the Nixon White House tapes at President Richard Nixon 's request. Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Archibald Cox; Richardson refused and resigned effective immediately. Nixon then ordered Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus to fire Cox; Ruckelshaus refused, and also resigned. Nixon then ordered the third-most-senior official at the Justice Department, Solicitor General Robert Bork , to fire Cox. Bork carried out the dismissal as Nixon asked. [2] Bork stated that he intended to resign afterward, but was persuaded by Richardson and Ruckelshaus to stay on for the good of the Justice Department. [3] [4] impeachment process against Nixon began ten days later, on October 30, 1973. Leon Jaworski was appointed as the new special prosecutor on November 1, 1973, [5] and on November 14, 1973, United States District Judge Gerhard Gesell ruled that the dismissal had been illegal. [6] [7] en.wikipedia.org
