Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is calling on the Justice Department (DOJ) to ...

What is a presidential pardon and a commutation of sentence? Here's what to know. Biden announces commutations, pardons: President Joe Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people ...

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 ...

Well, the granddaddy of them all was former President Gerald Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon in 1974 for allegations or accusations associated with the Watergate scandal.

What is a presidential pardon and a commutation of sentence? Here's what to know. Biden announces commutations, pardons: President Joe Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people.

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.

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, US ...

Presidential pardons peaked during former President Franklin Roosevelt's time in office. During his four terms, Roosevelt granted 2,819 pardons, many of which were wartime offenses from World War I.