In his final days in office, President Joe Biden decided to pardon the innocent — people who committed no known crimes — including former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., former U.S. Capitol Police ...

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio also was convicted of seditious conspiracy, and sentenced to 22 years, but he received a pardon, so that crime alone doesn’t seem to be the distinguishing factor ...

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 ...

The 71-year-old Capitol rioter previously said she was under the spell of “the Trump cult.” Reporter Reporter Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ...

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., this week cast doubt on whether he would accept a last-minute pardon from President Joe Biden. The Maryland Democrat was a member of the House Jan. 6 Committee that President ...

Donald Trump was sworn back into office on January 20 and took steps to issue pardons to over 1,500 criminals involved in the Capitol Riots. However, one woman refused this pardon and has criticized ...

An Idaho woman who participated on the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol has refused a pardon from President Trump and opposed those of other Jan. 6 convicts. “We were wrong that day,” Pamela ...

The broad pardon power vested in the U.S. president is often a topic of controversy, especially when its exercise shocks the public conscience, as was seen when President Donald Trump pardoned ...

The pardon fulfills a campaign promise made to the president’s crypto diehards. The pardon fulfills a campaign promise made to the president’s crypto diehards. Sarah Jeong is features editor ...

If it wasn’t already clear — after nearly 250 years — that the pardon power is a standing invitation to abuse and corruption, two presidents confirmed it on the same day this week.