The "Saturday Night Massacre" and Calls for Nixon’s Impeachment | Nixon

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GBH WGBH AMEX American Experience Nixon President Richard Nixon Saturday Night Massacre Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox impeachment William Ruckelshaus Attorney General Elliot Richardson articles of impeachment FBI constitutional crisis Department of Justice United States U.S. History Collection U.S. history us history history social studies American history ushist22
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History-Social Science
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The "Saturday Night Massacre" and Calls for Nixon’s Impeachment | Nixon

Learn about the “Saturday Night Massacre” of October 20, 1973, when Nixon fired Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, in this video excerpt from Nixon | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. In response, Nixon’s attorney general resigned and Congress filed 21 resolutions calling for Nixon's impeachment.
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