(Gary Hershorn/Reuters)If the Internet had existed in 1875, the investigation of the Whiskey Ring by a special prosecutor would have gone as viral as any of today’s modern political scandals. Lords of the Whiskey RingJohn Henderson, a former Republican senator from Missouri, seemed like the perfect person to serve as the nation’s first special prosecutor. Nixon, who seemed so enthusiastic about the idea of a special prosecutor during his live television address, refused to supply them. Way to go.” "Leon Jaworski, Key Watergate Prosecutor, Dies of Apparent Heart Attack at Age 77." “The end result was a far more powerful and politically independent special prosecutor than had ever before existed in the United States,” Coan wrote.

Source: Washington Post March 19, 2019 11:07 UTC