Landsman, a Democrat from Cincinnati's Mount Washington neighborhood, said at a recent news conference that both Biden's and Trump's pardons hurt the public's trust in government. Trump's pardons ...

U.S. presidents have the authority to grant clemency, which includes both pardons and commutations. A pardon relieves a person of some or all of the consequences of a criminal conviction ...

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The presidential pardon authority is being abused so much that, to preserve the rule of federal law, it must be substantially restricted. The U.S. Constitution gives ...

The pardon power of the American president is close to absolute. And most presidents have been careful not to abuse the privilege. Now the abuse floodgates have been opened. What’s pouring ...

Senator King asks for the factual basis for the nominee recommending a pardon for Edward Snowden. Senator King asks for the factual basis for the nominee recommending a pardon for Edward Snowden.

Pam Hemphill, convicted for her role in storming the Capitol, has rejected Donald Trump’s pardon. She says “the pardon is a slap in their face,” referring to the Capitol Police officers ...

President Donald Trump signs an executive order pardoning about 1,500 defendants charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 20 in Washington ...

A commutation, which reduces or removes a sentence but does not imply innocence, is not the same as a pardon, which releases a person from punishment and expresses the president's forgiveness.

Among those pardons were likely at least 11 Long Islanders. “This is a big one,” Trump said when he signed the 1,500-person pardon Jan. 20. “We hope they come out tonight.” The pardon came ...

Senate Democratic Leaders on January 6 Pardons and Federal Grants Freeze Senate Democratic Leaders on January 6 Pardons and Federal Grants Freeze Javascript must be enabled in order to access C ...

Liz Cheney – who were pardoned by former President Joe Biden. “Breaking News, News Update, BIDEN PARDONS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL!” reads text in the image. “7th Circuit Judge Joseph Barron ...