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Judge Pushes Back on Justice Dept.’s Broad View of Jan. 6 Pardons
The judge, Dabney L. Friedrich, chided the department for the way in which it had “abruptly reversed its position” on the issue “with virtually no explanation.”
Judge rejects DOJ’s effort to expand reach of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon
A federal judge has denied the Justice Department’s attempt to apply President Donald Trump’s blanket pardon for members of the Jan. 6 mob at the Capitol to one defendant’s conviction for possessing illegal guns hundreds of miles away, at his Kentucky home.
Justice Dept. says many Jan. 6 pardons extend to crimes after that date
Defendants who picked up more charges while being arrested for Jan. 6 argue that Trump’s pardon extends to those too. The Justice Department agrees in most cases.
Trump-Appointed Judge Slams DOJ's 'Extraordinary' Views on Jan. 6 Pardons
Investigators seized six guns and roughly 4,800 rounds of ammunition when they searched Wilson's home in June 2022.
Judge says Trump Jan. 6 pardon doesn’t apply to man who conspired to kill investigators
The ruling is the first to confront the Trump administration’s vacillating views about how far Trump intended to go with his blanket pardon.
Jan. 6 pardon doesn't cover rioter's plot to murder FBI agents, DOJ says
Capitol rioter from Tennessee, recently among the 1500 pardoned by Trump, should still be sentenced and punished, the DOJ said.
'God used Donald Trump to save me': Ex-Tenn. senator gets pardon 15 days after entering prison
The pardon by Trump came after the top pardon attorney at the DOJ said she had been fired after restoring the gun rights of ...
Latest Trump pardon shows just how much the rules have changed (for the worse)
The president’s habit of handing out pardons like party favors was a scandal in his first term. It’s worse now.
Opinion
Pardon Derek Chauvin? Not on your life, Mr. President.
Shapiro said that President Trump should issue a pardon for Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on Floyd’s neck until Floyd died, of the federal charges to which he pleaded ...
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Biden didn’t pardon. He erased the law
OPINION- A snippy article in The New York Times this past weekend — sorry, an unusually snippy article in The New York Times this past weekend — suggested that Trump is using his ...
Trump Pardons Ex-Tennessee State Senator Imprisoned for Campaign Fraud
Brian Kelsey, a Republican, pleaded guilty to illegally funneling money to his failed campaign for Congress in 2016. He later ...
How the pardon power came to undermine the rule of law
How this unfettered clemency power came to be written into our Constitution and how, in spite of frequent abuse, it seems ...
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Todd And Julie Chrisley Might Get Their Pardon, Critics Note
Todd and Julie Chrisley, formerly on Chrisley Knows Best hope for a pardon from President Donald Trump, and after a new ...