Forty-six years ago this month, President Gerald Ford made one of the most controversial announcements in American political history: He pardoned Richard Nixon. And while you may know that the ...

On this day in 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, his predecessor, for any crimes he may have committed while in office as the Watergate scandal unfolded.

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 ...

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

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Gerald Ford hoped that pardoning Nixon would soothe the wounds of anger and distrust inflicted on the nation by Watergate. . But in pardoning Nixon Sept. 8, 1974, Ford was tending to his own ...

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Thirty-one days into his presidency, Gerald Ford, with the stroke of a pen, granted a full and absolute pardon to his predecessor, Richard Nixon, who had resigned from office on Aug. 9, 1974. It ...

That brings us to Ford pardoning Nixon. In one of the most controversial acts in presidential history, Gerald Ford made the decision to pardon Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.

Gerald Ford (left) speaks as President Richard Nixon looks on in October 1973. Eleven months later, after Nixon resigned and Ford became president, he pardoned Nixon. | STR/AFP via Getty Images ...