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Ford announces and explains his controversial decision. ... On September 8, 1974, one month after President Richard Nixon resigned the presidency amid the Watergate scandal, his successor, President Gerald R. Ford, announced his decision to grant Nixon a full pardon for any crimes he may have committed while in office.
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And, as this article mentions, in 1974, Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon in order to avoid a trial on many charges related to felonious acts not simply limited to the Watergate cover up. ... Controversial Presidential Pardons - How Have Presidents Used Their Power T...
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Gerald Ford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. ) (July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of th...
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Presidency of Gerald Ford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gerald Ford's Presidency of the United States spanned 29 months, lasting from August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977. When President Richard Nixon resigned in the wake of the Watergate scandal on August ...
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Even today, speculation persists that there was a deal between Nixon and Ford that would get the presidency if he promised to keep Nixon from going to jail. Haig firmly denied that rumor. "Why would a rational man who had just heard that he's about to be president risk everything by doing something like that?
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Nixon Pardon Ended Watergate, Sealed Ford's Fate, Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon may have sealed his political fate, since the nation's only president never elected to nationwide office -- a Republican -- lost the 1976 election to Democrat Jimmy Carter. ... Ford was not known for his eloquence, but he was eloquent when...
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President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4311, Granting a Pardon to Richard Nixon ... Richard Nixon became the thirty-seventh President of the United States on January 20, 1969 and was reelected in 1972 for a second term by the electors of forty-nine of the fifty states. His term in office continued until his resignation...
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www.ford.utexas.edu/library/speeches/740061.htm
www.ford.utexas.edu/library/speeches/740061.htm
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President Gerald Ford grants "a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States." ... President Gerald R. Ford's Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Granting Pardon to Richard Nixon...
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www.ford.utexas.edu/library/speeches/740060.htm
www.ford.utexas.edu/library/speeches/740060.htm
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Full text and audio and video of Gerald R. Ford Address to the Nation Pardoning Richard Nixon ... And I have sought such guidance and searched my own conscience with special diligence to determine the right thing for me to do with respect to my predecessor in this place, Richard Nixon, ... Now, therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford,
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