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Leonidas "Leon" Jaworski (September 19, 1905 – December 9, 1982) was an American attorney and law professor who served as the second special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal. He was appointed to that position on November 1, 1973, soon after the " Saturday Night Massacre " of October 19–20, 1973, which included the dismissal of his ...
Leon Jaworski Nixon felt political pressure to allow Bork to appoint a new special prosecutor, and Bork, with Nixon's approval, chose Leon Jaworski . [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] There was a question whether Jaworski would limit his investigation to the Watergate break-in or follow Cox's lead and look into other corrupt activities, such as those ...
The late Leon Jaworski, a partner in the firm, headed the investigations into Nazi war crimes during World War II, resulting in the Nuremberg trials. He also served as Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States in the 1963 civil rights case involving James Meredith’s admission to the University of Mississippi.
(Attorney General) Archibald Cox: May 18, 1973: October 20, 1973: Watergate scandal: Elliot Richardson (Attorney General) Leon Jaworski: November 1, 1973: October 25, 1974: Bob Bork (Acting Attorney General) Hank Ruth: October 25, 1974: October 17, 1975: William Saxbe (Attorney General) Chuck Ruff: October 17, 1975: June 20, 1977 [16] Edward ...
“As a civil rights lawyer, she dedicated her career to fighting against unconstitutional policing and unjust money bail practices in Tennessee, Texas and Washington, D.C.,” the university said ...
Leon Jaworski. On October 26, 2007, the ABCMR ruled unanimously that Leon Jaworski had committed "egregious error" in his prosecution of the Fort Lawton case, particularly by refusing to make the Cooke Report available to the defense. [8] [citation needed] The board, calling the trial "fundamentally unfair", overturned the convictions. They ...
Ed Martin, who was appointed by Trump last month as U.S. attorney of the District of Columbia, warned this week that his office would pursue charges against "anyone who impedes" DOGE's work in ...
Amazon has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle charges that the e-commerce company subsidized its labor costs by taking tips its delivery drivers received from customers, District of ...