Why did President Ford want to pardon Nixon? He did not want a trial to disturb the now-peaceful American public.
He wanted Nixon to run again for president after his own term ended.
He believed Americans were ready to forget Nixon’s crimes.
He planned for the next president to bring Nixon to trial.

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In a televised broadcast to the nation, Ford, who had succeeded to the presidency upon Nixon's resignation, explained that he felt the pardon was in the best interests of the country and that the Nixon family's situation was "a tragedy in which we all have played a part.

He planned for the next president to bring Nixon to trial.

"A" He did not want a trial to disturb the now-peaceful American public.

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