A presidential pardon restores various rights lost as a result of the pardoned offense and may lessen to some extent the stigma arising from a conviction, but it does not erase or expunge the record of the conviction itself.

Jan 22, 2021 · For those offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024, including but not limited to all offenses charged or prosecuted (including any that have resulted in convictions) by Special Counsel David C. Weiss in Docket No. 1:23-cr-00061...

Feb 4, 2025 · For over 100 years, the Office of the Pardon Attorney has supported the presidential pardon power. Learn about the clemency process.

Sep 5, 2024 · The President can grant a pardon to a person who was convicted in a United States District Court, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, or a military court-martial. A pardon is an expression of forgiveness and can help eliminate some of the consequences of a conviction.

Jan 17, 2025 · President Biden on Monday added to his record for the most pardons and sentence commutations in a single presidential term when he issued preemptive pardons to protect his family and others before leaving office.

Dec 12, 2024 · President Joe Biden announced Thursday he is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were placed on home confinement during the COVID pandemic and pardoning 39 others convicted of...

Dec 3, 2024 · President Biden on Sunday issued a sweeping pardon of his son Hunter, who was convicted earlier this year on federal gun and drug charges, and pleaded guilty to tax charges in...

Jan 23, 2025 · Presidential pardons 101. The U.S. Constitution, in Article II, Section 2, grants the president the power of executive clemency. Executive clemency includes the power to pardon, in which the president overturns a federal conviction and restores “an individual to the state of innocence that existed before the conviction.”

questions pertaining to the pardon power, including whether the President can issue “prospective” pardons; whether the President can pardon himself; and the extent to which Congress can regulate or respond to the exercise of the President’s pardon authority. This Sidebar provides a general overview of the pardon power and briefly ...

Jan 20, 2025 · President Biden granted a wave of pre-emptive pardons in his final hours in office on Monday to guard members of his own family and other high-profile figures from a promised campaign of ...