General Records of the Department of Justice. 1790 - 2002. Moving Images Relating to Attorney General John David Ashcroft. 2001 - 2005. Press Conference with Attorney General Ashcroft, Timothy McVeigh Execution Delay, 1:00 p.m.

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General Records of the Department of Justice. 1790 - 2002. Moving Images Relating to Attorney General John David Ashcroft. 2001 - 2005. Press Conference with Attorney General Ashcroft, Timothy McVeigh Execution Delay, 1:00 p.m.

2001-2005

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6205945

This video recording documents the press conference held by Attorney General John D. Ashcroft regarding the execution delay of Timothy McVeigh. Attorney General Ashcroft delayed the execution by one month in order to review documents, which the Federal Bureau of Investigation had withheld from McVeigh's attorneys.

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McVeigh, Timothy, 1968-2001

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Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American domestic terrorist who carried out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people and injured more than 680 others, and destroyed one third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.[5][6] The bombing was the deadliest act of terrorism in the United States prior to the September 11 attacks. It remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. A Gulf War veteran, McVeigh sought revenge against the feder...