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What was the name of the president who fired Cox during the Watergate scandal?

  • Richard Nixon

  • Jimmy Carter

  • Bill Clinton

  • Lyndon B. Johnson

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Richard Nixon was the president who fired Cox during the Watergate scandal. He did so on October 20, 1973, after Cox had subpoenaed several of Nixon's top aides. This move was widely seen as an attempt to obstruct justice and led to Nixon's eventual resignation in August 1974.
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