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BumRushDaShow

(149,275 posts)

6. Well for your latter example

Reply to marshall (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 12:13 PM

Jan 11

The Ford pardon of Nixon apparently fit the description of pardoning for "uncharged, unidentified, and unknown infractions".

(snip)

Now, Therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.

(snip)

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-4311-granting-pardon-richard-nixon