In some circumstances, a pardon will eliminate the legal basis for removal or deportation from the U.S., the DOJ notes. Who can apply for a commutation of sentence or pardon?

The recent flurry of presidential pardons from both former President Biden and President Trump has put a renewed focus on what the Constitution allows a president to do.

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. President Donald ...

Given the many big names who have received pardons recently by President Donald Trump, it's fair to ask, how do you get a pardon, anyway? Sinkhole closes Ridgewood road for 'likely most of the day ...

Constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about her book "Pardon Power," exploring how the pardon system works and why.

President Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon to a former U.S. army officer convicted of refusing to follow COVID-19 safety rules.

Democratic lawmakers released a report Tuesday alleging that President Donald Trump’s federal pardons and clemency grants could wipe away more than $1.3 billion in payments to victims and the ...

President Donald Trump, or any other president, likely can’t be prosecuted for accepting bribes for a pardon, experts said. But others may not be so lucky.

Republican President-elect Donald Trump has promised to grant clemency to at least some of his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in a failed bid to block Congress from ...

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, we ...

President Trump pardoned Paul Walczak, a man who had pleaded guilty to tax crimes, one month after his mother attended a major fundraiser for the president, according to a new report from The New ...