Word: pardoned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mind." Among a series of questions, she wondered if Ford would be willing to turn over to the subcommittee all the taped recordings of conversations between himself and Nixon. Ford did not answer directly, although exactly what bearing such tapes would have on the issue of the pardon was unclear. Nixon pulled the plug on his recording system in mid-July 1973 while he was still determined to tough it out in office. Spiro Agnew was then Vice President, and Ford was the House minority leader...
...time of the pardon, Ford gave the former President control over the tapes and related documents. Tradition, said Ford, made them Nixon's property, a view that is now being sharply challenged (TIME, Sept. 30). When Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski protested that he needed access to the materials, the White House temporarily suspended the agreement. In recent weeks, Ford's and Nixon's lawyers have tried to reach a new agreement on how the tapes should be handled, but to no avail. On the day of last week's hearing, Nixon went to court...
...there been any further reasons for deciding so abruptly to give Nixon his pardon? What precisely was the role of Haig in the whole affair? One former top White House aide has said that he believes Ford gave the pardon so early because he did not want the case dragging through the courts when he ran for election...
...still got a lot to do. We'll decide after the recess." When Congress reconvenes following the elections, Hungate's subcommittee could vote to hold more hearings. A probable star witness: Alexander Haig. For Jerry Ford and the G.O.P., the problems of the pardon are far from over...
...presidential barnstorming's impact on the congressional elections next month may be entirely uncertain; but Ford's road show is more evidence that the new President is fighting a good campaign against self-isolation. No matter what they say now about the economy, oil and the Nixon pardon being Ford's main problems, his biggest battle is with himself. The kind of frontal criticism Ford is getting usually encourages a President to seek protection. Behind him the Oval Office enlarges the impulse, offering opulent seclusion as the angry world goes...