The order requires the Federal Bureau of Prisons to act immediately on receipt of the pardons. "Tonight I'm going to be signing on the J6 hostages, pardons to get them out," Trump said at the ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump issued pardons Monday night to hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — staying true to his promise to grant clemency to people involved in ...

Inauguration Day began and ended with unusual pardons from two presidents that legal and democracy scholars say reflected a lack of faith in the justice system, just as Donald Trump entered office.

This story has been updated with new information. In his final hours in office, President Joe Biden issued blanket preemptive pardons Monday to prominent government officials, the bipartisan ...