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Pardon of Richard Nixon

Pardon of Richard Nixon
Proclamation 4311
Seal of the President of the United States
President Gerald Ford announcing his decision to pardon former President Richard Nixon
TypePresidential proclamation
Signed byGerald Ford on September 8, 1974
Summary
  • Granted a full and unconditional pardon to former President Richard Nixon

Proclamation 4311 was a presidential proclamation issued by President of the United States Gerald Ford on September 8, 1974, granting a full and unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon, his predecessor, for any crimes that he might have committed against the United States as president.[1][2] In particular, the pardon covered Nixon's actions during the Watergate scandal. In a televised broadcast to the nation, Ford, who had succeeded to the presidency upon Nixon's resignation, explained that he felt the pardon was in the best interests of the country and that the Nixon family's situation was "a tragedy in which we all have played a part. It could go on and on and on, or someone must write the end to it. I have concluded that only I can do that, and if I can, I must."[3]

After Ford left the White House in 1977, he privately justified his pardon of Nixon by carrying in his wallet a portion of the text of Burdick v. United States, a 1915 U.S. Supreme Court case where the dictum stated that a pardon carries an imputation of guilt and that its acceptance carries a confession of guilt.[4][5]

  1. ^ Ford, Gerald (September 8, 1974). "President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4311, Granting a Pardon to Richard Nixon". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "Ford Pardons Nixon – Events of 1974 – Year in Review". UPI.com. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
  3. ^ Ford, Gerald (September 8, 1974). "Gerald R. Ford Pardoning Richard Nixon". Great Speeches Collection. The History Place. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference shadow was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Flanary, Patrick (December 13, 2011). "How the Nixon Pardon Strained a Presidential Friendship". ProPublica. Retrieved November 27, 2020.

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