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...find no basis for attacking the pardon legally. It would be improper for me to comment one way or the other as to whether I approve or disapprove of it from a personal standpoint...
What do you think would have happened had you challenged the pardon in court...
Good Reasons. The questions about the pardon were posed by a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, the body that had so diligently weighed the evidence against Nixon before recommending his impeachment...
...President, in fact, had good political reasons for going up to the Hill. His decision to grant the pardon had shaken public confidence in his candor and judgment and damaged the chances of G.O.P. candidates in the November elections. Indeed, the initial reaction from Democrats in Congress to Ford's self-invitation was anger at Subcommittee Chairman William L. Hungate for inadvertently giving Ford the chance to get off the hook...
...looked down from the top row of the long tiers of desks. Speaking earnestly and confidently, Ford hammered home his answers to the two basic questions. Was there a deal between Nixon and himself? "I assure you that there never was at any time any agreement whatsoever concerning a pardon to Mr. Nixon if he were to resign and I were to become President," said Ford in his opening statement. Later he added: "There was no deal, period, under no circumstances...