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Nixon and Abusing Power: The "Saturday Night Massacre"

Season 24

Nixon fired special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox in "The Saturday Night Massacre."

October 20, 1973: Nixon fired Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox in what becomes known as "The Saturday Night Massacre." The attorney general resigns and Congress files 21 resolutions calling for Nixon's impeachment.

AIR DATE 10/31/11

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