Jeffrey Toobin | The Pardon: Nixon, Ford and the Politics of Presidential Mercy

Join Michael Zeldin in his conversation with Jeffrey Toobin about his new book, The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy, which explores the most controversial pardon in American history—Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon—and its profound implications for our current political situation.

Jeffrey is a longtime CNN Legal Analyst, author of ten books including, Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism which we featured on this podcast in June 2023.

Jeffrey is an instructor in the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law School and has recently joined the New York Times as an opinion writer.

A Conversation with Jeffrey Toobin, Author, Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism