If President Biden gives pardons to potential targets of the Trump administration, would accepting them mean admitting guilt?
“If President Biden were to grant pardons to Trump’s opponents who are likely to be targets of his new compliant Department of Justice, would their acceptance of the pardons constitute an ...
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he is commuting the sentences of some 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 people ...
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), former chair of the Jan. 6 committee, said in a Thursday interview that he would accept a ...
President Biden announced he is commuting prison sentences for nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in what is the ...
Donald Trump has long promised that once he returned to the presidency, he will pardon people convicted of crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. This is a promise worth keeping — but not ...
“One might wonder if pre-emptive pardons are constitutional. Does a person have to have already had a trial and been found guilty in order for a pardon to be legal?” — Elmer ...
Pre-emptive pardons are constitutional. Let’s look at the Constitution, court precedent and history to understand why. The pardon power is found in Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the ...