Palmer launched a campaign against radicals known as the Palmer Raids. Suspects were arrested with no evidence of their having committed any crimes, but on their affiliations with radical groups. This lead to the May Day warning of 1920 when Palmer warned the nation to expect the worst - assassinations, bombings and general strikes. Law enforcement was mobilized in cities such as New York and Boston, but May Day came and went with no violence.
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You are thinking of Martha Mitchell, second wife of Attorney General John Mitchell,
John Mitchell was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1913. He was the Attorney General of the United States from January 20, 1969 to February 15, 1972.
The U.S. attorney general is appointed by the President of the United States and serves at the pleasure of the President. The President has the power to fire the attorney general.
John Mitchell was Attorney General under Richard Nixon. He holds the distinction of being only American Attorney General to serve a prison term.
The president
A. Mitchell Palmer was the U.S. Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson who launched a series of raids to arrest and deport radical leftists and anarchists. These were known as the Palmer Raids.
Richard M. Nixon had four (4) Attorney's General". They were: John N. Mitchell (1969); Richard G. Kleindienst (1972); Elliott L. Richardson (1973); William B. Saxbe (1974).
The President
A. Mitchell Palmer was the United States Attorney General who led raids on suspected communists. He was Attorney General from 1919 to 1921.
The party affiliation of the attorney general can be whatever he wants. Generally, the president chooses his attorney general base on qualification and shared ideals. This quite often means the attorney general and the president are in the same political party.
the chief legal officer is Monroe Matthews