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DeminPennswoods

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15. Atty Gen Mitchell went to jail

Reply to phylny (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 10:36 AM

Sep 2018

Other than that, DoJ was not involved in the subsequent cover up. Bork did fire Cox, but, either Jill Wine-Banks or Nick Ackerman, both on the special prosecutor's staff, have said a couple of times that DoJ had gamed out the firing and agreed that the AG and deputy AG would both resign and Bork, then the solicitor general, would carry out the firing. I had never heard this before, but they are very credible sources.

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Let me try again. phylny Aug 2018 #2

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Atty Gen Mitchell went to jail DeminPennswoods Sep 2018 #15