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Sep 2024
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50th anniversary of the pardon of Presid...

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This Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the pardon of President Richard Nixon. Will the whole notion of executive clemency be  on the agenda if Donald Trump,  a convicted felon, regains the White House. Simon Tierney Newstalk Reporter and Presenter looks back on this time in history.

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