Time To Reverse The Nixon Pardon Precedent: Donald Trump Must Be Held Accountable At Law
Many gave President Gerald Ford credit for pardoning President Richard Nixon to “put Watergate behind us.” Ford justified this decision by claiming that a long, drawn-out trial would only have further polarized the public. Many others strongly disagreed. Ford’s press secretary, J.F. terHorst, resigned in protest. The American people were convinced that President Ford was “wrong … Read more