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English: SEPTEMBER 8, 1974 Moments after he signed the pardon, President Ford and staffers met in the White House office of congressional liaison Bill Timmons to hear congressional reaction. Many of them privately said that he had done the right thing, but they would publicly condemn him for doing it. (L-R) Chief speechwriter Robert Hartmann, chief of staff Alexander Haig, Timmons, and counselor Jack Marsh. President Nixon’s official portrait still hangs on the wall next to his vice presidential photo, another clue to the unusual and sudden transition of power. “The idea that I would have made a deal [on the pardon] was so outrageously wrong. I resented even the implication that I had made a deal. The truth is, when I had talked to Al Haig about the smoking gun tape, he had presented me with the options that President Nixon had at that point, and there was no question that Mr. Nixon had one of two choices: to fight and be impeached, or to resign and leave on his own. There was no doubt that there would be a change, and I would become president. So there was no need for me to make any deal. The future was foreclosed one way or another.” – Gerald R. Ford |
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| Author | David Hume Kennerly |
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