Letter: Prosecute Trump; don’t pardon him like Nixon was

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I disagree with Tony Messenger’s column “St. Louis attorney has early advice for new president: Remember Watergate era” (Jan. 22). I was an assistant Watergate special prosecutor for the obstruction trial of President Richard Nixon’s top aides in which he was named a co-conspirator. We were prevented from indicting Nixon when President Gerald Ford pardoned him, so I understand the impact of issuing a pardon and moving on.

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