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...have sometimes referred to myself as occupying four of the world's most vilified professions--I was or am a politician, a bureaucrat, a lawyer and a diplomat," Richardson says, chuckling...
...colleagues and family say Richardson is hardly a villain...
...When Richardson speaks at the Law School's Class Day exercises today, it will be roughly 25 years since he resigned from his post as attorney general rather than carry out former President Richard M. Nixon's orders to fire Archibald Cox '34, the Watergate special prosecutor...
...Richardson's resignation spurred his deputy, who also refused to fire Cox, to resign as well. Nixon was able to convince Solicitor General Robert Bork to fire the special prosecutor, but the series of event, which have since been labeled the "Saturday Night Massacre," increased the pressure on Nixon to resign...
Despite the weight of his decision, Richardson downplays it, saying he did not hesitate...