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In 1974 and pardoned by his successor, gerald ford, so he couldn't be prosecuted. by the time jimmy carter got in there, the country felt ethics-wise, it was time for a hot shower. one of the big post watergate reforms, the ethics in government act, 1978 signed by jimmy carter. that actually changed the whole special prosecutor thing. it set triggers for circumstances that would require the attorney general to recommend a special prosecutor, it led a panel of three federal judges pick who that special prosecutor would be. jimmy carter signed that law in 1978 and it persisted more than 20 years...

The watergate hearings sprawled all through 1973 and he resigned in 1974 and pardoned by his successor, gerald ford, so he couldn't be prosecuted. by the time jimmy carter got in there, the country felt ethics-wise, it was time for a hot shower. one of the big post watergate reforms, the ethics in government act, 1978 signed by jimmy carter. that actually changed the whole special prosecutor thing. it set triggers for circumstances that would require the attorney general to recommend a special prosecutor, it led a panel of three federal judges pick who that special prosecutor would be. jimmy c...