Richardson refused to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox.
Archibald Cox was the special prosecutor that President Nixon asked Richardson to fire. Richardson had promised not to interfere in the investigationand so he resigned his position as attorney general.
The Watergate scandal led to the "Saturday Night Massacre". It was the term given by political commentators to U.S. President Richard Nixon's executive dismissal of independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox, and the resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus on October 20, 1973 during the Watergate scandal.
It was the Saturday Night Massacre. Nixon had Archibald Cox fired.
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).
John Mitchell was Attorney General under Richard Nixon. He holds the distinction of being only American Attorney General to serve a prison term.
Not in the United States. There was a President named Richard Nixon but no James Nixon Richardson.
Attorney General Mitchell resigned in disgrace. Nixon replaced Kliendest with Richardson, and the televised Senate Committee hearings led to Nixon's resignation one step ahead of an Impeachment indictment.
You are thinking of Martha Mitchell, second wife of Attorney General John Mitchell,
Saturday Night Massacre
The attorney general who approved the tapping of phones at the Democratic National Committee headquarters during the Watergate scandal was John Mitchell. He served under President Richard Nixon and was a key figure in the events that led to the scandal and subsequent investigation. Mitchell's actions, along with those of others in the Nixon administration, ultimately contributed to the downfall of Nixon's presidency.
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John Mitchell, former Nixon Attorney General and chairman of the Committee to Re-elect the President. H. R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House Chief of Staff. John Ehrlichman, Chief Domestic Affairs Adviser to the President.