Woodrow Wilson This article fails to mention the pardon granted to George Burdick a New York newspaper editor who had refused to testify in federal court regarding the sources used in his article concerning the collection of customs duties He plead the 5th President Woodrow Wilson then granted him a full pardon for all of his offenses which he refused He continued to plead the 5th at which he was sentenced by a federal judge for contempt It was then that the Supreme Court reinforced the necessity of accepting a pardon to be valid the federal judge had imprisoned Burdick on the grounds that he was claiming falsely his need for protection against self incrimination In short this article overlooks a pretty important pardon Burdick was released on order of the Supreme Court