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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC Sep 24

    In Nixon’s Saturday Night Massacre (1973), after AG Richardson and Deputy AG Ruckelshaus were out, the Acting Attorney General was Robert Bork, who executed Nixon’s order to fire the Watergate special prosecutor, Archibald Cox:pic.twitter.com/an5qcjRtVo

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      2. Patrick‏ @PatrickS1591 Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Is it just me or does Bork look like Bannon?

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      3. Cathy Buckley‏ @funmajorette71 Sep 24
        Replying to @PatrickS1591 @BeschlossDC

        I thought the same thing !!

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      2. Michael Koncewicz‏ @MikeKoncewicz Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @richarddeitsch

        What's often overlooked is that Richardson and Ruckelshaus encouraged Bork to fire Cox. Bork had previously written that the President had the right to do so and they were afraid that Nixon would install someone worse as AG. It's why Richardson defended Bork during the Reagan era

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      3. Michael Koncewicz‏ @MikeKoncewicz Sep 24
        Replying to @MikeKoncewicz @BeschlossDC @richarddeitsch

        I'm no fan of Bork, but his Saturday Night Massacre is a complicated one. He later wrote that Nixon told him that he would be next for the SC. Bork didn't take the offer seriously since he knew Nixon''s days were numbered.

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      4. John Orloff‏Verified account @johnorloff Sep 24
        Replying to @MikeKoncewicz @BeschlossDC @richarddeitsch

        Very true. Also, Richardson testified on Bork's behalf at Bork's SCOTUS hearing. Very complicated.

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      5. Michael Koncewicz‏ @MikeKoncewicz Sep 24
        Replying to @johnorloff @BeschlossDC @richarddeitsch

        Yes he did. It's interesting- Both Bork and Richardson were told by Nixon during private conversations that he would consider them for the Supreme Court. He loved to dangle that offer in front of the people who were in charge of the DOJ's Watergate investigation.

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      2. #StaleCrumbs‏ @tobeycakes Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I have noticed a pattern with your tweets.. you pull seemingly related pieces of history out of the past to bring them forward to the present as if they are similar to what is happening now.. what is happening now is the opposite of Watergate.. what is happening now is a soft

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      3. #StaleCrumbs‏ @tobeycakes Sep 24
        Replying to @tobeycakes @BeschlossDC

        coups AGAINST a duly elected president.. Funny about the 25th Amendment thingy with Rosenstein is that this notion has been bandied about on media for months and months as the media has been all too willing to gaslight this president and the entire country..

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      1. Monica.‏ @RightOnThe_Moni Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @riotwomennn

        #RobertMueller is going to have to present ALL his evidence to state court against Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka, & Jared to force Trump to resign. Even if Mueller is fired the WH has no power against state prosecution. ♠♣

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      1. eztempo‏ @eztempo Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @ChrissyLincoln

        Bork also famously was subsequently rejected by the Senate for a seat on the Supreme Court. Just sayin', Noel Francisco should consider his future as well as his immediate opportunity.

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      1. Bella Nani‏ @ChronicallyChic Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        #HistoryRepeatsItself

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      1. D.K.R. Boyd‏ @ReflectingMan Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @xtrixcyclex

        Lived through it. ‘Bork the Dork,’ we called him.

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      1. Eric Redman‏ @ricredman Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        It would have been better had Bork not fired Cox. Better for Bork, too. But in fairness, Richardson told Bork that he (Bork) must do it. To borrow from @TheRickWilson everything Nixon touched died, or went to prison.

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      1. Mookie Foofus‏ @jacobdegrowth Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @richarddeitsch

        My son is also named Bork

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      1. Lawton  💡‏ @Digilympian Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        So we’re reliving this.. but with an obstructionist GOP Senate in charge. This may get messy.

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      1. Ingeborg  ⭐️‏ @IngeborgRakvag Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Oh bugger me, it's happening again, isn't it. *Looks at the news* YEP okay.

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      1. Lanna‏ @Lannatexasgal Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @JaRoJo1021

        Yah we all know how that ended

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      1. mkimom‏ @mki_mom Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        😱I thought that was Steve Bannon when I first saw this pic. Creepy

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      1. Sunil Sharma‏ @susharma Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        He was also rewarded by GOP as SCOTUS nominee. That act alone should have disqualified him for a SCOTUS nomination instead the GOP is still sore that he failed to get confirmed

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      1. daniel smith‏ @Bckrda Sep 24
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @Patta47cake

        Imagine the GOP wanted Bork on the Supreme Court too. GOP have a theme with their picks.

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