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Solicitor General Robert Bork Named Acting Attorney General

After Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus resigned during the Saturday Night Massacre, President Nixon appointed Solicitor General Robert Bork as Acting Attorney General late on October 20, 1973.

Solicitor General Robert Bork Named Acting Attorney General

Bork’s appointment completed the administration’s immediate replacement of Justice Department leadership during a constitutional and political crisis, intensifying public outrage and congressional scrutiny of the Nixon administration.

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