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William Saxbe, attorney general under Nixon, dies
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Aug 24, 2010 06:41pm |
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| Author | Jeannie Nuss |
| Media | Newspaper - San Francisco Chronicle |
| News Date | Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | William Saxbe, a Republican maverick who became the fourth attorney general to serve under President Richard M. Nixon and presided during the Watergate investigation, died Tuesday. He was 94.
Saxbe, who served in the Ohio Legislature and as state attorney general, died at his home in Mechanicsburg, northwest of Columbus, said his son, Charles "Rocky" Saxbe.
Nixon's first two attorneys general were accused of Watergate-related crimes and the third, Elliot Richardson, resigned to protest Nixon's efforts to limit the investigation into the break-in and cover-up attempts.
Searching for a nominee who would be easily confirmed, the president chose Saxbe, a lame-duck one-term U.S. senator who had once labeled the Nixon administration "one of the most inept" in history.
His first mission was to convince the public and the White House that he would brook no interference with the operations of the independent Watergate prosecutor. Those involved said he made good on the promise. |
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