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 ...

In his final hours in office, former President Joe Biden issued a pardon to a prominent Kentucky Democrat convicted years ago of election finance violations. In an executive grant of clemency ...

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 ...

Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen is demanding President Biden pardon him like he pardoned his son Hunter before President-elect Donald Trump can take office. Cohen discussed his efforts to ...

Today, the adage might more accurately read, “Do the crime, and a pardon will come in time.” During his first day back in the White House, President Trump pardoned, commuted the prison ...

He is now the president with the highest number of pardons in history. President Joe Biden has now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in history, after announcing ...

The Utah Board of Pardons has acted similarly merciful in assisting former convicts get their records pardoned after showing an extended period of a crime free and productive life. Prosecutors ...

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 ...

CNN reporters and hosts said Monday that President Biden's decision to pardon his family members in the waning minutes of his administration tarnished his reputation and was "a stain on his legacy." ...