Saturday Night Massacre
After Richardson and Ruckelshaus refuse to dismiss Archibald Cox, directs Solicitor General Robert Bork to remove the special prosecutor.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
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1973
Saturday Night Massacre
Nixon contacted the Solicitor General, Robert Bork, and ordered him, as acting head of the Justice Department in the wake of the previous resignations, to fire Cox. Bork reluctantly complied.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Saturday Night Massacre
The firing of Special Prosecutor Cox, and the flurry of high-profile Justice Department resignations over the weekend caused the press to dub this event, the "Saturday Night Massacre."
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Post-Massacre Tape Decision
Following intense political backlash, agrees that subpoenaed presidential recordings will be submitted through the judicial process.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Tape Compliance Decision
Agrees after the Saturday Night Massacre backlash to comply with the court process for subpoenaed Watergate recordings.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Nuclear Alert
The United States raises its alert level during the Soviet-American crisis over the ceasefire.
Role range: 1973-1973 – 1969-1974
Oil Embargo
Faces the Arab oil embargo imposed after American support for Israel.
Role range: 1973-1973 – 1969-1974
Special Prosecutor
At a nationally televised press conference, Nixon also announced that he was instructing Acting Attorney General Bork to appoint a new Special Prosecutor for the Watergate matter. On November 1, The Justice Department appointed Leon Jaworski its new special prosecutor
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Special Prosecutor
At a nationally televised press conference, Nixon also announced that he was instructing Acting Attorney General Bork to appoint a new Special Prosecutor for the Watergate matter. On November 1, The Justice Department appointed Leon Jaworski its new special prosecutor.
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Special Prosecutor
At a nationally televised press conference, Nixon also announced that he was instructing Acting Attorney General Bork to appoint a new Special Prosecutor for the Watergate matter. On November 1, The Justice Department appointed Leon Jaworski its new special prosecutor.
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Government
Wins a landslide victory over Senator George McGovern. Appointed President of the USA, 37th President, 2nd term
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Constitution of USA
Congress overrides Nixon's veto of law limiting the Presidents right to wage war
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
War Powers Resolution
Congress overrides his veto of the War Powers Resolution after Vietnam and Cambodia controversies
Role range: 1960-1975 – 1969-1974
Speech
And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Speech
And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice.
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Speech
At the end of a lengthy response to a question about his personal finances, the President famously said, "And so, that is where the money came from.
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Speech
Let me just say this, and I want to say this to the television audience: I made my mistakes, but in all of my years of public life, I have never profited,
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Speech
The President gave another televised press conference, this time from the Contemporary Hotel in Disney World, where the President was attending the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association.
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Speech
Well, I am not a crook. I have earned everything I have got."
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Speech
never profited from public service--I have earned every cent.
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Not a Crook Speech
At a televised press conference, declares that he is not a crook, has not profited from public service and has never obstructed justice.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate
And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate
And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate
At the end of a lengthy response to a question about his personal finances, the President famously said, "And so, that is where the money came from.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate
Let me just say this, and I want to say this to the television audience: I made my mistakes, but in all of my years of public life, I have never profited,
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate
Nixon says he never profited from public service and states that he earned the money he possesses.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate
Nixon tells the television audience that he made mistakes but denies profiting personally from his years in public service.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate
The President gave another televised press conference, this time from the Contemporary Hotel in Disney World, where the President was attending the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate
Well, I am not a crook. I have earned everything I have got."
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate
never profited from public service--I have earned every cent.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
White House Tapes
Haldeman's personal notes on the meeting indicate that the break-in was the subject under discussion. Nixon's secretary, Rose Mary Woods, in initial testimony about the tape, said, "The buttons said on and off, forward and backward.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
White House Tapes
I caught on to that fairly fast.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
White House Tapes
The White House reports missing subpoenaed recordings and an eighteen-and-a-half-minute gap in the June 20, 1972 Nixon-Haldeman conversation.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
White House Tapes
The disputed June 20, 1972 recording concerns a conversation between President Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
White House Tapes
Woods demonstrates how she says she could have accidentally erased part of a presidential recording while operating transcription equipment and reaching for a telephone.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
White House Tapes
Woods denies deliberately erasing the recording and says any accidental erasure she caused would account for only part of the eighteen-and-a-half-minute gap.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
White House Tapes
The White House acknowledges missing subpoenaed recordings and an eighteen-and-a-half-minute gap in a June 20, 1972 conversation with H. R. Haldeman.
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Saturday Night Massacre
Congress was infuriated about the Saturday Night Massacre. Numerous resolutions to impeach him were introduced in the House. Nixon, feeling the pressure, agreed to release some of the tapes to District Judge Sirica
Role range: 1972-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate Campaign Link
Revelations begin regarding bugging the Democratic Party election HQ at Watergate
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
Watergate Campaign Link
Revelations begin regarding bugging the Democratic Party election HQ at Watergate.
Role range: 1969-1974 – 1969-1974
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