Word: pardons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nixon declines to comment about the new revelations. He is protected from fur ther prosecution for any crimes committed during his presidency by President Ford's full pardon in 1974. Haldeman, now living in California, said, "I really don't care what's on the tapes. They're ten years old." But the former President's lawyers, in their continuing effort to keep the 4,000 hours of unreleased Nixon tapes private, may raise a ruckus over how the newly disclosed transcript found its way into the Times. Hersh, who is writing a book about...
...walls. That is hardly a problem. The political odyssey of the Eagle Scout from Grand Rapids is represented by full-size replicas of the Oval Office and the Quonset hut from which he ran his first, successful, campaign for Congress in 1948. Among the treasures: Ford's typed pardon of Predecessor Richard Nixon, an aide's memo suggesting that he not keep Alexander Haig as Chief of Staff, and a copy of the Declaration of Independence made out of Campbell's alphabet soup noodles. Said a jubilant Ford of his special day: "They...
...your pardon. The best ice cream is from Whitey's in Moline...
...nation's headlines from time to time. In three widely varied legal actions, prominent figures from that inglorious era were exonerated, embroiled in a new scandal or re-attacked for an old one. Without even petitioning for it, two top former FBI officials won a full and unconditional pardon from President Reagan for authorizing illegal break-ins aimed at the radical Weather Underground group in 1972 and 1973. In Phoenix, former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst, who succeeded John Mitchell in 1972, was indicted for perjury during a state bar investigation. Most interesting of all from a legal standpoint, former...
From the start, Reagan had been troubled by the prosecution. A mere ten days after being inaugurated, he had White House Counsellor Edwin Meese contact Thomas Kennelly, the lawyer representing Miller. Meese asked for memos from both defendants' lawyers outlining reasons for pardoning them. By March 26 the pardons were signed, but the following week's assassination attempt delayed the announcement. Remarked a joyful Miller: "I certainly owe the Gipper one." Reagan, citing Jimmy Carter's pardon of "thousands" of Viet Nam-era draft evaders, explained: "We can be no less generous to two men who acted...