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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...
Nov 16, 2009 · White House tape recordings revealed that Nixon knew about and possibly authorized the bugging of the Democratic National Committee offices, located in the Watergate complex in Washington D.C...
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May 5, 1977 · WASHINGTON, May 4—Former President Richard M. Nixon said tonight that he had “let the American people down” by lying, disregarding his constitutional oath and abetting the Watergate cover‐up...
At 4:00 p.m. on August 5, 1974, the White House released the transcript of the June 23 tape, along with a 1,000-word statement by Nixon attempting to justify his actions in the Watergate cover-up. Despite the explanation, Nixon understood that once the transcript became public, he could not escape the anger throughout the land.
In particular, the pardon covered Nixon's actions during the Watergate scandal. In a televised broadcast to the nation, Ford, who had succeeded to the presidency upon Nixon's resignation, explained that he felt the pardon was in the best interests of the country and that the Nixon family's situation was "a tragedy in which we all have played a ...
- Gerald Ford on September 8, 1974
May 14, 1983 · Nixon, who was pardoned by President Ford the following Sept. 8, was the only other Watergate figure to be pardoned. The Justice Department's acting pardon attorney, David C. Stephenson,...
Sep 8, 2023 · In Burdick v. United States, the Court ruled that a pardon carried an "imputation of guilt" and accepting a pardon was "an admission of guilt.”. Thus, this decision implied that Nixon accepted his guilt in the Watergate controversy by also accepting Ford’s pardon.
