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Richard Ben-Veniste and William Cohen on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in

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Watergate - What Was the Mandate for Archibald Cox?

The investigation initially was under the auspices of the us Attorney's office, with judge serica presiding in the court room. Later, eliot richardson, newly appointed attorney general, appointed archibald cox as the special pro cutor. The appointment of a special prosecutor flowed from the fact that judge srika was very unhappy with the presentation before him in the watergate breakin case. And so my focus was just on relating to the people of maine i was staying and homes picked at random, individually every night.

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