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Proclamation 4311 was a presidential proclamation issued by President of the United States Gerald Ford on September 8, 1974, granting a full and unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon, his predecessor, for any crimes that he might have committed against the United States as president. [1] [2] In particular, the pardon covered Nixon's actions ...
- Gerald Ford on September 8, 1974
Nov 16, 2009 · On October 17, 1974, President Gerald Ford explains to Congress why he had chosen to pardon his predecessor, Richard Nixon, rather than allow Congress to pursue legal action against the former ...
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Feb 17, 2022 · President Richard M. Nixon sits behind a mound of papers as he speaks with his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, in the White House. Haldeman was later convicted for his role in the Watergate scandal ...
Most people seemed able to accept that unusual circumstance of the Ford administration. Yet when he made the decision to pardon Nixon, it would be a different matter. Fall-Out. Thirty days after President Ford took office, on Sunday, September 8, he gave Richard Nixon and "full, free, and absolute pardon for all Watergate crimes."
In this speech before the Congressional Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, of October 17, 1974, President Gerald Ford explains his decision to pardon former President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. Nixon had resigned on August 9, 1974, and Ford pardoned his disgraced predecessor a month later, on September 8.
Watergate scandal - Political Fallout, Cover-up, Aftermath: On September 8, 1974, the new president, Gerald Ford, chose to grant Nixon a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he may have committed while president. Ford had become vice president in December 1973, after Nixon’s previous vice president, Spiro T. Agnew, resigned amid accusations of financial improprieties and pled no ...
Sep 8, 2018 · In 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for his role in Watergate. It remains the pardon others have been measured against, as a debate is revived over how pardons should be granted.
