Richardson, one of the few people in the administration that had a spine, refused, and then resigned. Dpty. AG Ruckelshaus was told to fire Cox. He refused, too, and also resigned. Ah, but then we have Solicitor General Bork, who was willing to blindly follow orders. "Fire Cox? You betcha Mr. President!"
Nixon found all of this investigation very annoying, and announced that he was going to abolish the office of the special prosecutor. Although a nice try, Nixon was later forced to name another special prosecutor, and ABA President Leon Jaworski was named.
And don't forget, the only reason that Nixon wasn't indicted himself along with Liddy is that Jaworski told the grand jury that in his legal opinion a sitting President could not be indicted. Nixon was named an un-indicted co-conspirator.
It's worth noting, too, that Nixon surely would have been impeached had he not resigned. He spared himself *some* embarrassment in the whole mess. But not much.
By the way, seeing you're so sharp today, how many Democrats have ever been jailed? Dirty politics, breakin, and FBI files is the name of the democrat game. Hillary saw them all while Nixon was accused of having one file. And that was of a dissident sharing secret files with, I think, your Washington Post.