Ford's Pardon of Nixon

Ford's decision to pardon Nixon may have effectively ended the Watergate saga, but it didn't provide a neat resolution or a sense of closure. The pardon preempted further action from the Special Prosecutor's Office and presented prevented that office from issuing an indictment against Nixon. It's debatable whether a man as shameless as Richard Nixon, like Donald Trump himself, would have been humbled by the threat of a possible conviction. But maybe if Ford had at least let the process play out, Nixon would have been made an example and Donald Trump would not now be under the notion that presidents get special treatment under the law.