"I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interests of America first… Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow." — Richard Nixon, Resignation Address, August 8, 1974
Nixon's successor took which controversial action one month later?
- A
Gerald Ford resigned in protest of Watergate
- B
Gerald Ford repealed the War Powers Act
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Gerald Ford issued a full pardon to Nixon for any crimes committed in office
- D
Gerald Ford ordered Nixon's prosecution by a special prosecutor
Explanation
On September 8, 1974, Ford issued a "full, free, and absolute pardon" to Nixon, a move he defended as necessary for national healing but which damaged his own political standing.