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The "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.. During a single evening on Saturday, October 20 ...
Forty years ago, when President Richard M. Nixon fired Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973 in the infamous “Saturday Night Massacre,” seeking to shut down Cox’s criminal investigation before it proved Nixon’s complicity in the Watergate cover-up, the nation’s system of laws hung in the balance.
October 20, 1973: Nixon fired Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox in what becomes known as "The Saturday Night Massacre." The attorney general resigns and Congress files 21 resolutions calling...
…to be known as the Saturday Night Massacre, Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Cox, and Richardson resigned rather than comply. Nixon then fired Richardson’s assistant, William Ruckelshaus, when he too refused to fire Cox.
What Was the Saturday Night Massacre? An attack by President Nixon on his own Justice Department came with grave consequences.
The word "Nixonian" started trending on Twitter and Google saw a spike in searches for "Saturday Night Massacre" after President Trump suddenly fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday evening.
Sometime after midnight on Saturday, June 17, 1972, Watergate Complex security guard Frank Wills noticed tape covering the latches on some of the complex's doors leading from the underground parking garage to several offices, which allowed the doors to close but stay unlocked. He removed the tape, believing it was nothing.
Dubbed the "Saturday Night Massacre," the political drama that unfolded on October 20, 1973, pitted a president against the Justice Department and has drawn parallels to today.
On Oct. 20, 1973, in the so-called “Saturday Night Massacre,” President Richard M. Nixon abolished the office of special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, and accepted the resignation of...
1973 Saturday Night Massacre 50th Anniversary. 841 Views. Program ID: 531747-1. Category: Public Affairs Event. Format: Forum. Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States. First...