A top Trump appointee guided Mr. Adams’s legal team as they crafted an argument for dismissing corruption charges against the ...

President Donald Trump’s series of executive actions since returning to the White House last month – from pardons of violent ...

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

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 ...

Jim Guy Tucker, whose tumultuous 30-year career in politics included terms as a prosecuting attorney, attorney general, ...

Controversy Erupts Over Blagojevich Pardon, Revealing Democratic Fears** In a remarkable turn of events, recent discussions surrounding the presidential pardon of former Illinoi ...

The ex-governor said he and the president were victims of 'lawfare' and didn't address rumors that he's being considered for ...

"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 ...

The Politics of Presidential Mercy, by Jeffrey Toobin “When it comes to pardons, presidents are kings,” the legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin writes in his new book, “The Pardon: The Politics of ...

Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence for political corruption charges during his first term. The Republican ...

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

Perhaps the most telling moment of the news conference Rod Blagojevich held hours after President Donald Trump granted the disgraced ex-Illinois governor a full pardon came even before he answered a ...