At the time , the story that circulated was that terHorst had resigned .
TerHorst had been blindsided by Ford 's decision and because terHorst had consistently denied to reporters in terHorst 's daily press briefings that Ford had any intent of pardoning Nixon .
At the time , the story that circulated was that terHorst had resigned because he had been blindsided by Ford 's decision and because he had consistently denied to reporters in his daily press briefings that Ford had any intent of pardoning Nixon .