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Proclamation 4483, also known as the Granting Pardon for Violations of the Selective Service Act, was a presidential proclamation issued by Jimmy Carter on January 21, 1977. It granted pardons to those who evaded the draft in the Vietnam War by violating the Military Selective Service Act from August 4, 1964, to March 28, 1973. [ 1 ]
Democratic president Jimmy Carter pardoned, commuted, or rescinded the convictions of 566 people, [25] and in addition to that pardoned over 200,000 Vietnam War draft evaders. [30] Among them are: Oscar Collazo – Attempted assassination of President Harry S. Truman in 1950; commuted to time served in 1979; G. Gordon Liddy – Watergate figure.
“Jimmy Carter pardoned his brother Billy Carter who took over $200,000 from Libya as its foreign agent. George H.W. Bush pardoned his son Neil Bush for his role in the S&L scandals of the 1980s.
“Jimmy Carter pardoned his brother Billy Carter who took over $200,000 from Libya as its foreign agent,” the post’s text reads in part. “George H.W. Bush pardoned his son Neil Bush for his ...
Pages in category "People pardoned by Jimmy Carter" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
One of the most well-known and controversial acts of pardon was when Ford gave Nixon a blanket pardon in 1974, after the Watergate scandal. ... Jimmy Carter. Carter received criticisms for ...
Watergate and the pardon were contributing factors to the Republican loss of 43 seats in the House and four in the Senate. [21] Two years later, lingering public resentment over the pardon was a factor in Ford's narrow loss to Democratic Party nominee Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election. [22]
President Jimmy Carter set a high-water mark for one-term presidents in the past 50 years with 534 individual pardons, plus an unspecified number of Vietnam draft dodgers from 1964 to 1973.