Did Ford Have Any Kind of Advisor Whispering in His Ear to Knot Bomb?

i think, because of watergate, people wanted in the pardon. They wanted to distance themselves from anything that richard nixon's finger prints were on. And kissenger had lost a lot of influence. There was no support for did ford have any kind of a adviser whispering in his ear to to e,. or do you think this was just the man looking back at him in the mirror, that that e was the cause for this?