Only 10 days after Agnew entered his plea and resigned on Oct. 10, 1973, Richardson himself was gone — refusing Nixon’s order to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Suppose Nixon’s first attorney general had been in charge? Our nation is now in the middle of another investigation into a president and high officials in his administration and campaign. But soon we will have a new attorney general to oversee Mueller’s work and make the final decisions about his ultimate report and recommendations. But aren’t his high standards exactly what we should demand of an attorney general?

Source: Washington Post February 13, 2019 18:00 UTC