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20 August, 02:05

Many of Nixon's closest advisers went to jail because of crimes committed around the Watergate scandal. Why didn't Nixon also go to jail?

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  1. 20 August, 02:13
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    Answer: Nixon was pardoned by his replacement President Gerald Ford on September 8, 1974 - exactly one month after Nixon had resigned. Thus he did not go to jail.

    Explanation: Gerald Ford, who had been Nixon's Vice President, issued a Presidential proclamation giving Richard Nixon a "full, free and absolute pardon," stating that the country had gone through enough turmoil with this scandal for over two years and it was time to move forward.
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