Reading Jeffrey Toobin's "The Pardon," which focuses on Gerald Ford's decision to pardon Richard Nixon, the urge to contrast ...

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Toobin couches his exploration of Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon within both the broader context of mounting presidential hegemony ...

In a new book, Jeffrey Toobin makes a convincing case that Ford’s pardon of President Nixon set the stage for unchecked presidential power.

Alexander Haig Jr., Nixon's deputy assistant for national security affairs, also participated in the meeting. Nixon famously recorded many of his conversations as president, including this one.

On August 1, 1974, Nixon told Alexander Haig, his chief of staff, that he wanted him to begin preparing Ford to assume the job. “Tell him what’s coming,” he instructed. Nixon knew that Haig ...

Alexander Haig, and Donald Rumsfeld. He learned his craft as a special assistant to Presidents Nixon and Ford in the 70s, went into private practice after, and had an unblemished record until he ...

November 23: In a secret meeting in Mexico, Cuban vice president Carlos Rafael Rodriguez and U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig discuss the escalating situation, but reach no compromise.