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| American politician Elliot Richardson resigned his position as United States attorney general in 1973 rather than carry out United States President Richard Nixon’s order to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Cox was investigating the 1972 break-in and attempted wiretapping at the national headquarters of the Democratic Party. | ||||||
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| Attorney General; Richardson, Elliot | ||||||
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