Bork ultimately acceded to the president ... And a justified one, with acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove, who ordered the case dropped, in the role of Capt. Queeg. Friday brought reports ...
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The deputy attorney general, William D. Ruckelshaus, also refused to do so and was fired. The order was eventually carried out by Robert Bork, the solicitor general. (Mr. Nixon eventually resigned.) ...
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi ... refused the president's order and resigned. It was Robert Bork, the then- solicitor general, who ultimately carried out the order.