In his final days in office, President Joe Biden decided to pardon the innocent — people who committed no known crimes — including former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., former U.S. Capitol Police ...

California Senator Adam Schiff reacts to former President Biden's preemptive pardons, as well as President Donald Trump's pardoning of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants.Jan. 21, 2025 Lawrence: Trump letting ...

Mr. Trump pardoned nearly all of the 1,500 January 6 defendants. While the pardon power is among the least-fettered of the presidency, Mr. Biden’s use of it — clemency for his brother James, sister ...

Mr Trump claimed he was given the option to pre-emptively pardon himself at the end of his first term, but chose not to. "I was given the option, they said, 'Sir, would you like to pardon ...

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President Trump signed a full pardon Tuesday evening for the founder of the dark web marketplace, Silk Road, which facilitated, among other things, the sale of narcotics using cryptocurrency, Ross ...

Here's what to know. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a "pardon" is an expression of forgiveness and can help eliminate some of the consequences of a conviction. The president can ...

Former Olympic swimmer Klete Keller was among the most high-profile people to face criminal charges for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection. On Monday, he also became one of the nearly 1,600 ...

The so-called MAGA Granny who was sentenced to 60 days in prison for her role in the violent riot at the Capitol in 2021 is passing on a presidential pardon from Donald Trump. “I broke the law.

The pardon fulfills a campaign promise made to the president’s crypto diehards. The pardon fulfills a campaign promise made to the president’s crypto diehards. Sarah Jeong is features editor ...

Prosecutors alleged he attacked police with an explosive device on Jan. 6. A Florida man who prosecutors alleged attacked police with an explosive device during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol ...

The self-declared "pro-crypto president" Donald Trump pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht on Tuesday. Ulbricht, 40, was about 10 years into his life sentence for helming an online black ...