Presidential pardons began with the George Washington ... including reprieves for the likes of President Richard Nixon, officials implicated in the Iran-Contra affair and disgraced commodities ...
A similarly broad pardon was issued by then-President Gerald Ford to former President Richard Nixon following Nixon’s resignation after the Watergate scandal. Ford’s pardon extended to “all ...
President Gerald Ford’s pardon of predecessor Richard Nixon was roundly criticized at the time, and may have cost Ford the 1976 election. Nixon had picked Ford to be vice president, which led to ...