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Presidential Pardons
December 20, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Pardon Recipient Roger Stone Makes Wild Claim on Unfair Justice System
Donald Trump pardoned Roger Stone in 2020.
December 16, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Lindsey Graham (Really!) Trashed for not Being Loyal Enough to Trump
Lindsey Graham dared to contradict Donald Trump.
December 11, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Justice Department Has Grim Warning for Convicted January 6 Rioters
Many people convicted for participating in the January 6 attack are hoping for a pardon from Donald Trump.
December 11, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Biden’s Historic (and Potentially Stupid) Plan to Rein in Trump
Joe Biden is looking to prevent Donald Trump from charging certain people with crimes.
December 9, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Here’s How Many People Really Want Trump to Pardon January 6 Rioters
Donald Trump repeatedly promised during his campaign to pardon convicted insurrectionists.
December 2, 2024
Matt Ford
The Hunter Biden Pardon Is Joe Biden’s Ultimate Failure
After years of touting the need to preserve democracy and the rule of law, the outgoing president concludes his reign in the most cynical way imaginable.
November 6, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Election Win Is Already Threatening Chaos on January 6 Cases
There could be a “pardon-palooza” on the horizon now that Donald Trump has won the election.
July 31, 2024
Paige Oamek
Trump Gets Awkward Reminder as He Vows to Pardon January 6 Rioters
Donald Trump keeps falsely insisting the rioters are innocent.
April 23, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Tried to Strike a Wild Deal with Classified Docs Co-Defendant
The former president allegedly asked his body man Walt Nauta to lie on his behalf.
April 4, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Karl Rove Shockingly Torches Donald Trump’s January 6 Comments
The George W. Bush adviser slammed Trump’s promise to pardon January 6 rioters.
January 20, 2021
Matt Ford
Trump’s Final Act of Extraordinary Corruption
The president goes out on a seamy and haphazard note, pardoning those who did crimes on his behalf.
December 2, 2020
Matt Ford
The Most Unpardonable Presidential Power
Donald Trump is taking lame-duck pardons to obscene new levels, but he had a boost from his predecessors.
August 29, 2019
Osita Nwanevu
The Border Wall Is Trump’s High Crime
There's no better reason for Democrats to impeach him.
July 23, 2013
John B. Judis
Obama Should Just Pardon Bradley Manning
It's an elegant way out of the leak controversies

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