Experts on pardons said they could think of only one other person who has received a presidential pardon so sweeping in generations: Nixon, who was given a blanket pardon by Gerald Ford in 1974.

The Nixon pardon of Sept. 8, 1974, caused a political and legal earthquake that still reverberates in the age of Trump. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the ...

WASHINGTON - Fifty years ago, newly installed President Gerald Ford simply got tired of questions about the legal fate of resigned predecessor Richard Nixon. So, on Sept. 8, 1974, Ford went ahead and ...

1974: Ford pardons Nixon. Ford pardoned Nixon in 1974 after the latter resigned during the Watergate scandal, in which evidence emerged that he was indeed involved in shielding allies who broke ...

Hunter Biden‘s presidential pardon from his father is extraordinary enough that the last comparable incident was former President Richard Nixon’s pardon in 1974.. On Sunday night, President ...

Gerald Ford knew Richard Nixon could be prosecuted for crimes he committed as president. That was simply a fact, when President Ford gave his predecessor “a full, free, and absolute pardon” 50 ...

Returning to Ford’s pardon and the Trump pardons of 2025, Ford wanted the public to believe that in pardoning Nixon he was exacting from Nixon some form of an admission of wrongdoing.

Trump’s no Nixon. He doesn’t deserve a pardon. When it comes to Trump, accountability is a can endlessly kicked down the road. August 14, 2024. 5 min.

So, on Sept. 8, 1974, Ford went ahead and pardoned Nixon - triggering a political and legal earthquake that still reverberates a half-century later in the age of Donald Trump.

Hunter Biden‘s presidential pardon from his father is extraordinary enough that the last comparable incident was former President Richard Nixon’s pardon in 1974. On Sunday night, President Joe ...