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...Nixon then appointed Solicitor General Robert Bork acting Attorney General and directed him to fire Cox and abolish Cox's entire operation, including his staff of more than 60 attorneys, who have been investigating the pervasive scandal for five months. Bork obeyed, and within hours the nation witnessed the spectacle of FBI agents sealing off the offices and papers of the two top Justice Department men as well as those of Cox and his aides...
...could not do." The Attorney General turned to his deputy, Bill Ruckelshaus. "You'll have to do it, Bill." Solemnly Ruckelshaus answered: "I wouldn't do it, either." All eyes in the office turned to the third man in the department's hierarchy, Solicitor General Bork. Said Bork slowly: "I probably would." It turned out to be a prophetic admission...
Next week, Acting Atty. Gen. Robert H. Bork will appoint the successor to Archibald Cox '34, the special Watergate prosecutor fired by Nixon last Saturday...
...Justice Dept. spokesman said last night Nixon will consult in the selection of the new prosecutor, the Associated Press reported. Bork said before the news conference yesterday that he had recommended the naming of a prosecutor and had submitted five or six names for White House consideration...
...turn, Richardson, in a brief filed in court, rejected Agnew's plea for immunity on constitutional grounds by arguing forcefully that Agnew could be indicted before he was impeached. The brief, signed by Solicitor General Robert H. Bork but clearly Richardson's responsibility, claimed that only the President was immune from prosecution prior to impeachment-a point of view that may have a vital bearing later on if Richard Nixon ever is indicted...