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From the archives: Richard Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre
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27:07Now PlayingOn October 20, 1973, President Richard Nixon asked Attorney General Elliot Richardson to dismiss Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor tasked with investigating the June 1972 Watergate break-in. Richardson refused and a series of resignations and firings followed. Dan Rather anchored a special report on the matter.
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