Nixon’s firing of several staff members who refused to follow his orders became known as the

During the Watergate scandal, President Nixon ordered the firing of the special prosecutor, Archibald Cox. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus refused to carry out the order and resigned; Solicitor General Robert Bork then fired Cox. This series of events became known as the Saturday Night Massacre, choice A.

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