Laurence Tribe @tribelaw
Ford probably shouldn't have pardoned Nixon to encourage national healing. It's a close question. But any such goal would be WHOLLY ILLEGITIMATE as a reason not to indict and try Trump for his grievous crimes. An AG has NO POWER to pardon crimes, which is just what he'd be doing. — PolitiTweet.org
Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC
President Gerald Ford never should have pardoned ex-President Nixon before Nixon was even indicted. Although Ford… https://t.co/2m75JbaVKB
