Both charts show that Biden has issued more than 8,000 pardons and commutations since taking office in 2021, more than four times the number granted by President Barack Obama, and about 34 times ...

And yet, the power of the presidential pardon, based on the embrace of the concepts of mercy and amnesty, essentially guarantees that, in fact, a select few are actually not held accountable for ...

Biden faces backlash for granting pardon to son Hunter 03:17. President Biden on Sunday issued a sweeping pardon of his son Hunter, who was convicted earlier this year on federal gun and drug ...

The chart below shows pardons granted per year from 1900-2011. Click on a bar to see the number of pardons granted and by which president.

However, most scholars believe that such a pardon would be invalid. First, the Constitution says that the president has the power to "grant" pardons — and a grant is something given to someone else.

The White House confirmed the pardon in a statement to news outlets on Wednesday (May 29). The news was also reported by CNN’s Jasmine Wright, who said, “President Trump has also issued a full ...

In 1858, President James Buchanan promulgated sweeping pardons for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints following a deadly one-year Utah war against U.S. law enforcement.

The president, however, can't pardon state offenses, meaning he cannot pardon himself for the 34 counts on which he was found guilty in New York on Thursday. Apart from that, in explicit terms ...

President Donald Trump has pardoned P.G. Sittenfeld, the former Cincinnati councilman convicted of bribery. What is a ...

So, how do presidential pardons work? First, let's make a few things clear. The phrase "presidential pardon" is sometimes used as a shorthand term for different acts: outright pardons, and ...

President Donald Trump’s use of the pardon power to keep allies out of prison has been unusually barefaced. His first pardon went to a prominent supporter, former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio.