Ford pardoned Nixon, so there wasn’t much that could be done to punish Nixon after that. They couldn’t even go after him at the state level since the Watergate scandal happened in DC. Pardoning Nixon was a major part of why Ford didn’t get reelected, although there were several other major reasons for that.
Ford pardoned Nixon, so there wasn’t much that could be done to punish Nixon after that. They couldn’t even go after him at the state level since the Watergate scandal happened in DC. Pardoning Nixon was a major part of why Ford didn’t get reelected, although there were several other major reasons for that.
Obviously, but Ford shouldn’t have. That was most of the point.
Still, that wouldn’t have made him immune to impeachment (and hopefully the ultimate barring from holding office).
But the point is moot, and bipartisan vileness will ensure we don’t see a precedence for any of these things in decades.