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Proud Boys are seeking pardons directly from Trump, bypassing the DOJ and, potentially, Matt Gaetz
The first Proud Boys to seek pardons are bypassing DOJ, which Matt Gaetz was tapped to lead.
Laura Italiano
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Capitol riot defendants are asking judges to halt their cases, saying Trump promised them pardons
January 6 defendants, hopeful for presidential pardons, are filing motions to postpone their cases …
Katie Balevic,Kenneth Niemeyer
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X's new CFO received a presidential pardon from Donald Trump
Elon Musk's X has tapped former Tubi executive Mahmoud Reza Banki as the platform's first public ch…
Beatrice Nolan
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What Trump might do on Day One of his presidency
Trump will be able to enact some of his promises immediately after taking office, including issuing…
Bryan Metzger,Brent D. Griffi…
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Trump still has 4 criminal indictments waiting for him — here's what happens if he wins or loses
Not only is the presidency on the line for Donald Trump in the 2024 election, but so are the four c…
Natalie Musumeci,Laura Italia…
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Trump tries once again to get NY hush-money case moved to federal court on immunity grounds
A lower-level federal court has twice rejected Trump's efforts to move the case to a venue where, i…
Laura Italiano
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Barron Trump: The childhood, political role, and personal life of the youngest Trump son
Barron Trump has spent his life between NYC, the White House, and Mar-a-Lago. Read on for the detai…
Alice Tecotzky
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Biden pardons low-level marijuana offenders
The pardons are for "offenses of simple possession of marijuana, attempted simple possession of mar…
Madison Hall
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Kamala Harris signals she'll go further than Biden on marijuana legalization
Kamala Harris has historically supported marijuana legalization, but had yet to clarify her stance …
Bryan Metzger
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Kamala Harris' marijuana stance is hazier than you think
Harris has long supported marijuana reforms and once backed legalization, but it remains unclear wh…
Bryan Metzger
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A lost 22-page transcript discovered at the National Archives reveals the secret history of how Abraham Lincoln pardoned Joe Biden's ancestor
America's 16th president pardoned the great-great grandfather of its 46th president after a Civil W…
Alex Nicoll
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Nikki Haley says she would pardon Donald Trump if she makes it to the White House
"What's in the best interest of the country is not to have an 80-year-old man sitting in jail, that…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Biden turns 81, pardons turkeys, confuses Taylor Swift with Britney Spears
"That's a big bird, man. I'm impressed" Biden said during the ceremony where he confused Britney Sp…
Taylor Berman
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The organizers of a January 6 awards gala claim Trump's song with riot defendants' prison choir 'went Platinum.' It didn't.
Donald Trump's song with the J6 Prison Choir has modest success, but it never achieved RIAA platinu…
Jacob Shamsian
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Trump's pardoning of a Kushner-linked drug smuggler undercut a larger DOJ investigation
On his last day in office, Trump pardoned Jonathan Braun, a convicted smuggler, despite later calli…
Lloyd Lee
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Trump's top GOP challengers say they'd pardon him if they got elected president so the country can 'move on'
Some GOP candidates are entertaining the idea of pardoning Trump while on the campaign trail. Not e…
Jordan Pandy
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Jonathan Braun, the drug smuggler Trump pardoned, once flew to California to beat an associate with a belt, prosecutors alleged
Trump's decision to pardon Drug smuggler Jonathan Braun at the end of his presidency derailed a Jus…
Sonam Sheth
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Jonathan Braun, the drug smuggler Trump pardoned, once flew to California to beat an associate with a belt, prosecutors alleged
Trump's decision to pardon Drug smuggler Jonathan Braun at the end of his presidency derailed a Jus…
Sonam Sheth
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I've studied past assassination attempts in US politics. The most similar one to Trump's resulted in a loss in the election.
US historian and lecturer David Head outlines the presidential assassinations and attempts in US hi…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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The President's power to pardon is broad, unchallengeable, and almost unlimited. Here are 25 of the most controversial pardons and commutations in history.
From clemency for former confederates to Vietnam draft dodgers to pardoning the billionaire fugitiv…