Federal Presidential Pardon» regan http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com A Study of Noteworthy Presidential Pardons Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:35:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Armand Hammer http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com/2010/04/25/armand-hammer/ http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com/2010/04/25/armand-hammer/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:56:49 +0000 Brian J. Zeiger http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com/?p=250 In 1976 Hammer was convicted of illegally contributing $54,000 to Nixon’s campaign. He made the convictions under a false name. The underlying act of the conviction was in question at the time of the time Hammer made his original plea. The judge rejected the initial plea as a result of this information. Two years later, Hammer acquiesced and admitted his guilty.

Hammer, the self made millionaire doctor, received a great amount of criticism for his business tactics, but was a true philanthropist. Many thought Regan would pardon Hammer at the end of his second term, but he did not. George H. W. Bush finally pardoned Hammer, and Hammer was apparently very grateful for the pardon.

Armand Hammer

Armand Hammer

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