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Firing the special watergate prosecutor cox. because of the president's action, the attorney general resigned. elliott richardson, who was appointed attorney general, quit saying he cannot carry out mr. nixon's instructions. richardson's deputy has been fired. he refused in a moment of constitutional drama to obey an order to fire the special watergate prosecutor. in my career as a correspondent, i never thought i would be announcing these things. >> i never thought i would be announcing these things. that was john chancellor in 1973. the night richard nixon fired the man in charge of the wate...