Word: pardoners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...public popularity has plummeted as well. The Gallup poll found that 50% of those surveyed in late September, shortly after Nixon's pardon, approved of Ford's performance as President, down 21 points since a similar poll conducted about a week after he took office. It was the most precipitous two-month drop in 35 years...
Jaworski was especially emphatic on one point: he had no intention of challenging Ford's right to pardon Nixon, since he was convinced of its legality. He said it would have been "intellectually dishonest" for him to have tried to overturn the pardon in court; such "a spurious proceeding," he added, would have amounted to "unprofessional conduct" on his part. Jaworski strongly urged that his top deputy, Henry S. (Hank) Ruth Jr., be named his successor. Ruth, a quiet but effective attorney from Pennsylvania, had also served as deputy to the first special prosecutor, Archibald Cox, and had helped...
...Nixon pardon immensely complicated Federal Judge John J. Sirica's task of selecting a jury in the conspiracy trial of five Nixon associates, chief among them H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell. Defense attorneys often argue that pretrial publicity may prejudice jurors against their clients; in this case, the pardon created sympathy for the defendants. Many prospective jurors expressed doubts that Nixon's men should be convicted if their leader escaped trial...
...with a single Watergate wit ness, then worked on into the night cross-checking each statement. Neal's concentration is total. After he had spent a long session with John Dean one Sunday in September, Mrs. Dean called to ask about her husband's reaction to the pardon announced by President Ford that morning. "What pardon?" asked Neal...
...matter how good his case looks, Neal, 44, has not been lulled. He faces numerous technical problems, among them the possible absence of Richard Nixon; defense lawyers are sure to argue that the former President is vital to their case. Neal must also persuade jurors that Nixon's pardon is no reason to let his former aides go free. The two lesser defendants, former Assistant Attorney General Robert Mardian and C.R.P. Attorney Kenneth Parkinson, will probably claim that they had limited roles and a lack of knowledge about what was really going on. John Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman and John...