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 ...

Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought two criminal cases against President Donald Trump, received $140,000 in pro bono legal services from a prominent Washington law firm before he resigned last ...

Rod Blagojevich was freed from a federal prison in Colorado in February 2020, 16 months after former President Donald Trump commuted the 14-year sentence of the former Illinois Gov. Nearly five years ...

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

Frank Zufall, Wisconsin Examiner February 14, 2025 Often, people don’t realize their struggles have a legal component that a ...

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

Even the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. — led by an advocate for Jan. 6 defendants — says not all of Taylor Taranto’s ...

"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 ...

Edward Snowden has lived in Russia for the past 12 years, but a pardon from Trump could see him return to his country of birth.

Trump's assertions of broad, unchecked executive power are a predictable result of the court's "immunity" decision ...

Just before he exited the White House, one of President Joe Biden’s last official acts was to grant a preemptive pardon to Dr ...