Hungary's President Resigns Amid Uproar Over Child-Abuser Pardon

A screen shows Hungarian President Katalin Novak as she announces her resignation on Feb. 10, 2024, after granting a pardon in a sex abuse case, in Budapest.

Hungary’s conservative president resigned Saturday amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government.