Most of the pardons he has issued appear to have been done so out of a sense of fairness and are perfectly legitimate Not so with the pardon he recently issued to Michelle Fiore. All the evidence ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ed Martin Jr., who will be the Justice Department’s new pardon attorney after President Donald Trump pulled his nomination to be the top federal prosecutor for Washington ...

Experts say that people who receive presidential pardons generally are remorseful for their crimes, have served their sentences and, if they are controversial, are not granted clemency until the ...

Liz Oyer, the Justice Department’s recently fired pardon attorney, made a staggering claim on social media this week: President Donald Trump’s pardons of people convicted of white-collar ...

Trevor Milton, the founder of electric truck company Nikola, has received a full and unconditional pardon from President Donald Trump. A jury found Milton guilty of one count of securities fraud ...

Reports that President Trump intends to void presidential pardons issued by former President Joe Biden have sparked a wave of legal debate. Although such a move might appeal to Trump’s political ...

The president exercised his unlimited constitutional power to pardon federal crimes without consulting his Justice Department, the prosecutors who sought and won the convictions or the judges who ...

Since there has never been a pardon czar in U.S. history and while the specifics of the title are unclear, Johnson’s role could extend beyond recommending pardons to Trump. As an appointed U.S ...

Can a president pardon himself, as Donald Trump proclaimed he could in 2018? Should he be allowed to pardon his family members, friends or co-conspirators, or even traitors? What about people who ...

The constitution states that “The President . . . shall have Power to grant … Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” Although pardons have always ...

A new book by the legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin plumbs the dubious history of the presidential pardon. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site ...

Donald Trump’s recent actions have highlighted the vast scope of the presidential pardon power. By pardoning approximately 1,500 people charged with participating in the January 6, 2021 ...