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Nixon's Decision to Fire the Special Watergate Prosecutor
The Court ruled that the President must turn his disputed secret tapes over to see if they have evidence of criminal acts. But Nixon still refused. Within 24 hours, the cascade of dramatic exits at the Department of Justice became known as the Saturday Night Massacre. On today's episode, what did Richard Nixon do when he felt the walls closing in? And what did it feel like for the young prosecutors investigating Watergate when they finally got to fear those tapes?