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special prosecutor investigation of his administration. richard nixon discussed the possibility of pardoning his white house chief of staff bob alderman who ended up doing 18 months in federal prison, and carl bernstein s book on nixon s final days captured the whispered backstage drama about the possibility of pardons at the white house. a subject richard nixon would not dare discuss publicly. the president s senior advisers including his new chief of staff alexander hague and the lawyer with the best political sense in the nixon white house, were adamantly opposed to the president issuing pardons for anyone including his former chief of staff bob halderman. the president s criminal defense lawyer was a litigator who had no experience in politics and at one point according to woodward and bernstein he said at one point maybe a pardon should be
richard nixon thought about issuing pardons to obstruct the special prosecutor investigation of his administration. richard nixon discussed the possibility of pardoning his white house chief of staff bob alderman who ended up doing 18 months in federal prison, and carl bernstein s book on nixon s final days captured the whispered backstage drama about the possibility of pardons at the white house. a subject richard nixon would not dare discuss publicly. the president s senior advisers including his new chief of staff alexander hague and the lawyer with the best political sense in the nixon white house, were adamantly opposed to the president issuing pardons for anyone including his former chief of staff bob halderman. the president s criminal defense lawyer was a litigator who had no experience in politics and at one point according to woodward