It is fair to say that each president’s exercise of the pardon power pushed the outer limits of legitimacy. In fact, the ...

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"It would be a slap in the face to the Capitol police officers, the rule of law, you know, to our nation." View Entire Post › ...

While some rejoiced over the pardons, that wasn't the case for Pamela Hemphill, a January 6 rioter who was found guilty and ...

which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross,” he wrote, misspelling Ulbricht's last name. Ulbricht, who used the nom ...

While the pardon power is among the least-fettered of the presidency ... grounds for any allegation or threat of criminal investigation or prosecution of me.” The same logic could hold for Mr. Smith, ...

Trump made the remark to Hannity as he was asked about his predecessor’s decision to pardon members of his own ... motivated solely by a desire to hurt me—the worst kind of partisan politics.” ...

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Mr. Trump instead went even further and gave Mr. Ulbricht a full pardon. “I just called the mother of Ross Ulbright [sic] to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which ...

Trump said he granted the full pardon in honor of Ulbricht's mother "and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly." Trump pledged during a speech at the Libertarian National ...

An Idaho woman convicted for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots has rejected Donald Trump's pardon and will continue to fulfill her probation after serving time in prison. Pamela Hemphill ...

Presidents’ power to pardon is pretty comprehensive, and has been used to pardon Confederates, Jimmy Hoffa, Richard Nixon, Defense secretaries, family members and dirty tricksters, and most ...