President Gerald Ford believed he did the right thing when in 1974 he pardoned his predecessor, Richard Nixon, of any criminality connected to the cover-up of the Watergate scandal that had forced ...

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 ...

On Oct. 17, 1974, forty-nine years ago today, President Gerald Ford made an historic appearance before Congress to testify about his pardon of former President Richard Nixon, which he had issued ...

On September 8, 1974 — 50 years ago today and 31 days after he took office — the newly minted President Gerald Ford announced that he would issue a full pardon for Richard Nixon, the disgraced ...

In the fog of jurisdictional war, the legal battle between Donald Trump & Gavin Newsom over troops on the ground the streets ...

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 ...

U.S. President Gerald Ford's decision to pardon former President Richard Nixon prevented our legal system from establishing a valuable legal precedent: that no one, including our nation’s chief ...

President Gerald Ford appears at the House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on pardoning former president Richard M. Nixon on Oct. 17, 1974. (Thomas J. O'Halloran/Library of Congress) ...

This clip shows a portion of the swearing-in ceremony of Gerald Ford as president of the United States, after the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Description This lesson explores the first ...

Richard Nixon delivers his final address to White House staff and members of the Cabinet on August 9, 1974. ... President Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon a month later to his own political demise, ...

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 ...

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 ...