329
Trump DOJ Reportedly Looking Into Delegitimizing Watergate Prosecutors and Clearing Nixon (truthout.org)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/43373451

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 93 points 1 day ago* (5 children)

We must undo this travesty of justice, where the law was once applied to a powerful white man.

Well, almost applied. They let him off the hook in exchange for resigning. But still! Any consequences at all cannot be allowed to stand!

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 27 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    He resigned and then he was immediately pardoned by Ford. What's Trump going to do, pardon Nixon a second time??

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 14 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

    Accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt.

    Trump is trying to rewrite history so that Nixon's acts are considered normal presidential behavior instead of criminal corruption.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 15 hours ago

    That’s not settled law. From your own link (emphasis mine):

    Although the Supreme Court's opinion stated that a pardon carries "an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it,"[2] this was part of the Court's dictum for the case.[4] Whether the acceptance of a pardon constitutes an admission of guilt by the recipient is disputed.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent