Today’s GOP leaders have little in common with those who resisted Nixon
- Written by Michael Koncewicz, Assistant Research Scholar, New York University
Atty. Gen. Elliot Richardson swears in William D. Ruckelshaus as his deputy. Both men later resigned rather than carry out Nixon's order to fire the Watergate special prosecutor.AP/John DurickaRepublican leaders in 2018 are profoundly different than the ones who dealt with Watergate in the 1970s.
During Watergate, a significant number of GOP...
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