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Topline President Donald Trump’s pardons and commutations have cost more than $100 million in fines owed to the federal government and another $1.5 billion in restitution to victims.
Washington's pardons board declined to recommend a pardon for Tuan Thanh Phan, a Vietnamese national facing a "third-country" deportation to South Sudan.
Trump pardons Florida diver who faced felony charges after cutting a longline and releasing 19 sharks, believing he was stopping illegal fishing activity.
History confirms that the Constitution’s location of the pardon power is significant. The president must make the decisions, and the courts can hold pardons void if the decisions are made by others.
Presidential pardons reflect the sleazy reality of modern-day politics, one befitting a mob boss, not U.S presidents.
Nearly 75 years later, the pardon file for the future civil rights leader surfaced amid a routine renovation of a state government building.
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Trump’s spate of controversial pardons hint at a two-tiered system of justice where only allies get clemency.
The recent raft of pardons handed out by President Trump has shortchanged fraud victims of millions of dollars in restitution that's still owed to them, attorneys say.
Trump has bucked the trend of previous presidents, who have typically issued most of their acts of clemency during their final months in office.
Trump has pardoned hundreds of people, largely due to a widespread pardon for over 1,500 individuals charged in relation to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Former President Joe Biden only signed one pardon by hand during his final weeks in office, and it was his most controversial one. The Justice Department is reviewing the list of people granted ...