Word: bork
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Nixon's announcement at his press conference?again a result of irresistible pressure?that he would let Acting Attorney General Robert Bork appoint a new special Watergate prosecutor was not reassuring. In declaring flatly that the new man, yet to be named, would never be given any "presidential documents," but only "information" from such documents, Nixon seemed to give him even less authority than Cox had been promised. Cox had been assured ?falsely, as it turned out?that he could have access to any evidence he requested "from any source...
What most disturbed his critics was Nixon's lack of guarantees that the new special prosecutor, to be appointed by Acting Attorney General Bork, would be any freer than Cox in gaining access to presidential papers or other needed tapes. Nixon said that no litigation will be needed by the prosecutor to get most nonpresidential White House evidence because these matters "can be worked out." But there is no real room for compromise, especially on evidence that might possibly implicate the President. Nixon vowed to grant the prosecutor "cooperation" and "independence," but that fell well short of what...
Acting Atty. Gen. Robert H. Bork announced yesterday that Houston trial lawyer Leon Jaworski will be the new special Watergate prosecutor...
...Bork described the choice of Jaworski as "perhaps the best we could get for this very important position of special prosecutor...
...Bork said Jaworski would have "the full cooperation of the executive branch in the pursuit of his investigation." He also said that it was "absolutely clear" that Jaworski would be free to go to court to press for additional tapes and presidential papers if he deemed it necessary...