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19. Original Pres Ford Pardon Declaration for Richard Nixon linked at bottom

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 07:35 AM

Dec 2

President Gerald R. Ford covered strictly RMN's two-terms from 20 Jan 1969 to 8 Aug 1974 for crimes he committed or may have committed against the United States as POTUS.

The Hunter Biden pardon pales in comparison.

Footnote for historians:

Nixon would not have been safe from federal prosecution had LBJ disclosed Nixon's secret dealings with Saigon in 1968 to scotch the Paris Peace talks. LBJ heard the FBI wiretaps himself.

Consummate insider Gerald R. Ford, who sat on the Warren Commission and was a 32 degree Freemason, must have known about Nixon's subterfuge because LBJ phoned senior GOP Senator Everett Dirksen who called it "treason." Ford as POTUS nevertheless restricted the timeframe of the pardon, potentially exposing Nixon to legal jeopardy if the treason accusation ever became public.

Sources:

https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/sites/default/files/pdf_documents/library/exhibits/pardon/005601018-005.pdf

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21768668

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nixon-prolonged-vietnam-war-for-political-gainand-johnson-knew-about-it-newly-unclassified-tapes-suggest-3595441/

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About this pardon for Hunter [View all] soandso Dec 2 OP

If he had been specific, the GOP would try for woodsprite Dec 2 #1

Bingo! BoRaGard Dec 2 #6

OR driving him to suicide jmowreader Dec 2 #21

Who knows what the Magats would try and dig up.... DemMedic Dec 2 #2

I don't blame Joe. Haggard Celine Dec 2 #3

I agree on that soandso Dec 2 #5

Agree claudette Dec 2 #12

Very happy that President Biden did this Mike 03 Dec 2 #4

Or don't listen. Think. Again. Dec 2 #9

Good! JustAnotherGen Dec 2 #7

As others have said duncang Dec 2 #10

From what I've read soandso Dec 2 #13

There was already a plea deal duncang Dec 2 #15

Pretty sure that Gerald Ford gave a blanket pardon for Richard Nixon. no_hypocrisy Dec 2 #11

Didn't that pertain to Watergate, though? soandso Dec 2 #14

No, it was very similar in structure to this pardon. tritsofme Dec 2 #17

If you don't like the pardon, go sit in the corner with trump. Paladin Dec 2 #16

I support the pardon soandso Dec 2 #24

On Principal DeepWinter Dec 2 #18

Stops the pukes The Unmitigated Gall Dec 2 #20

Blanket pardon ends all the convicted felons revenge toward Joe thru Hunter. republianmushroom Dec 2 #23