Jeffrey Toobin says Joe Biden tarnished his legacy by pardoning his son, and Donald Trump cemented one of the knocks against ...

Rod Blagojevich, the ex-Illinois governor convicted of trying to peddle Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat, speaks ...

The low bar for pardons under presidents from both parties invites people do bad things because the risk of consequence is ...

Andrew Johnson offered several exemptions to his general amnesty after the Civil War.

"The increased pardon activity has elevated public attention on pardon power. This article explores the history, scope, and limitations of the pardon power, and provides answers to some practical ...

Have you ever thought about the power of the presidential pardon? Until the recent pardons from Joe Biden and Donald Trump, I really did not question this power in which total control is given to the ...

U.S. presidents have the constitutional power to exercise leniency toward people who have committed federal crimes through ...

Trump's decision to commute Blagojevich's sentence was met with bipartisan criticism in Illinois. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker ...

Blagojevich was commuted after serving nearly eight of his 14-year sentence in February 2020, during President Trump's first ...

Once a political ally who helped launch Rod Blagojevich's career, Richard Mell became estranged from his son-in-law early in Blagojevich’s first term as governor.

I do hereby grant unconditional pardons to all United States persons for those offenses against the United States which such ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was unfairly prosecuted for attempting to make a political deal, otherwise known as ...