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The significance of presidential pardons, and who is getting one
Trump has pardoned almost 1,600 people charged in connection with the 2021 US Capitol riots.BBC News - 4h -
Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
President Trump grants full pardon to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, early bitcoin advocate.CNBC - 9h -
Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht
Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, argued the government overreached in building its case against Ross Ulbricht and the dark web marketplace Silk Road.CBS News - 12h -
Trump pardons founder of Silk Road drugs site
US president says Ross Ulbricht was victim of ‘weaponisation of government’Financial Times - 4h -
Sanders says ‘don’t equate’ Trump, Biden pardons
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Americans should not be equating the pardons issued by President Trump and former President Biden. Sanders joined CNN’s “The Source” on Tuesday evening, where he ...The Hill - 10h -
Trump pardons nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 defendants
On his first day in office, President Trump pardoned and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,600 people convicted of offenses related to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. Among them are ...CBS News - 13h -
Trump defends Jan. 6 pardons of violent criminals
Trump said his pardons and commutations for Jan. 6 defendants were justified, and argued that people who commit violent crime in other cities don't get charged.NBC News - 13h -
Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht
President Trump said Tuesday he had signed a full pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the scandalous online marketplace Silk Road, fulfilling a campaign promise Trump had made to Libertarian ...The Hill - 13h -
Former Capitol Police officer calls Trump's Jan. 6 pardons a "slap in the face"
One of the dozens of actions President Trump took during his first hours in office was to grant clemency to all of the more than 1,500 people charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Former ...CBS News - 13h -
Presidents' unprecedented pardon power sparks scrutiny
The unprecedented use of pardons by former President Biden on his last day in office coupled with President Trump’s sweeping pardon of violent Jan. 6 offenders on his first has sparked renewed ...The Hill - 13h -
Trump defends pardoning of violent Jan. 6 offenders
President Trump on Tuesday defended signing mass pardons for rioters charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, including those who were violent offenders, a move that has drawn ...The Hill - 14h -
Trump faces TikTok backlash
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump, China hawks at odds over TikTok ban President Trump’s plan to save TikTok is putting him at a ...The Hill - 15h -
Trump's Jan. 6 pardons face pushback from some Republican senators
Some Republican senators pushed back against President Donald Trump’s decision to issue pardons and commute the sentences of Jan. 6 defendants.NBC News - 16h -
Trump Just Pardoned Himself
Because presidents exercise such unfettered discretion in granting clemency, these actions provide useful insights into their true character.The New York Times - 16h -
McConnell criticizes Trump Jan. 6 pardons
Former Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) criticized President Trump for pardoning roughly 1,500 people who were arrested during the Jan, 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, including some ...The Hill - 17h -
Behind Biden's shocking family pardons
Former President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons on the day he left office for some family members. Lawmakers and legal experts are questioning the moves. CBS News' Major Garrett reports.CBS News - 18h -
Thune on Jan. 6 pardons: 'Biden opened the door'
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said "Biden opened the door on this” when asked Tuesday about President Trump’s sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 protesters, including those convicted of ...The Hill - 21h -
President Trump issues pardons for Jan. 6 defendants
Following his inauguration, President Trump issued blanket pardons or commutations for those who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The executive action included those convicted of violent ...CBS News - 23h -
Trump's Jan. 6 pardons include violent offenders
The scale of President Trump's Day 1 pardons for Jan. 6 defendants surprised many since they included those convicted of assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy. CBS News congressional ...CBS News - 1d -
Trump pardons about 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants
President Trump pledged on the campaign trail to absolve those who were charged for their conduct on Jan. 6, 2021.CBS News - 1d -
Trump pardons Jan. 6 defendants: Will there be political backlash?
Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins TODAY to talk about some of President Donald Trump’s first actions as president singing a flurry of executive orders and pardons — and the comparisons ...NBC News - 1d -
Biden pardons family members in final minutes of presidency
President Joe Biden issued pardons to several close family members Monday in the final minutes of his presidency.ABC News - 1d -
Trump pardons thousands of Jan. 6 defendants
President Trump pardoned about 1,500 defendants convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot on Monday night, hours after returning to the Oval Office. CBS News' Major Garrett, Fin Gómez, Lindsey ...CBS News - 1d -
Trump signs pardons for Jan. 6 rioters
President Donald Trump signed approximately 1,500 pardons for criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot attack.NBC News - 1d -
Pardoned Biden Family Members Were Targets of Republicans
The relatives who were granted clemency in the final minutes of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidency had not been charged with wrongdoing, but some had drawn scrutiny.The New York Times - 1d -
DOGE faces immediate lawsuits
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump's DOGE slapped with lawsuits on first day in office Within moments of ...The Hill - 1d -
Schiff calls Jan. 6 Biden pardons ‘unwise’
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) called his preemptive pardon from former President Biden, announced Monday for all past members of the now-defunct House. Jan. 6 committee in the final moments of his ...The Hill - 1d -
Biden pardons his family in final minutes in office
President Joe Biden previously had pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who had been convicted in a criminal gun case and pleaded guilty in a tax case.CNBC - 1d -
Biden pardons civil rights leader on last day
Garvey, one of the earliest internationally-known Black civil rights leaders, was convicted of mail fraud in 1923.ABC News - 1d -
Trump responds to Biden’s last-minute pardons: ‘Disgraceful’
Donald Trump responds to the pardons Joe Biden issued in the last hours of his presidency in a text message to NBC’s Kristen Welker. “It is disgraceful. Many are guilty of major crimes,” he wrote.NBC News - 1d -
McCarthy on Biden pardons: 'It raises doubt on what they did'
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) criticized President Biden's decision to pardon Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) and other members of the House panel that ...The Hill - 1d -
Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other Black civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920sABC News - 2d -
Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.NBC News - 2d -
Biden pardons nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders
"With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history," President Joe Biden wrote in his announcement Friday.ABC News - 4d -
‘One of the Faces of Jan. 6’
What happened to the rioter who put his boot on a desk in Nancy Pelosi’s office.The New York Times - Jan. 7 -
Trump promises pardons for Jan. 6 Capitol rioters
President-elect Donald Trump has promised pardons for those who stormed the Capitol four years ago to try to disrupt the certification of President Biden's election win. CBS News political ...CBS News - Jan. 6 -
Face the Nation: Pelosi, Homan
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...As Congress readies for the joint session to count the Electoral College votes four years after President-elect Donald Trump's supporters stormed ...CBS News - Jan. 6 -
Face the Nationn: Pelosi, Homan
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...As Congress readies for the joint session to count the Electoral College votes four years after President-elect Donald Trump's supporters stormed ...CBS News - Jan. 5