KINGSTON, Jamaica — The quest for a U.S. presidential pardon for revolutionary Black nationalist leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey began more than 100 years ago, immediately after Garvey was convicted ...

At its best, the presidential pardon power is a tool of mercy, an instrument to correct abuses of power and miscarriages of justice. At its worst, this imperial power can be employed as a corrupt ...

Donald Trump’s recent actions have highlighted the vast scope of the presidential pardon power. By pardoning approximately 1,500 people charged with participating in the January 6, 2021 ...

The pardon power of the American president is close to absolute. And most presidents have been careful not to abuse the privilege. Now the abuse floodgates have been opened. What’s pouring ...

A letter writer wrote of Dr. Anthony Fauci: “If he accepts the pardon, then he is acknowledging wrongdoing.” If Fauci accepts the pardon, he admits he understands the potential consequences ...

In his final hours in office, former President Joe Biden issued a pardon to a prominent Kentucky Democrat convicted years ago of election finance violations. In an executive grant of clemency ...

Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen is demanding President Biden pardon him like he pardoned his son Hunter before President-elect Donald Trump can take office. Cohen discussed his efforts to ...

Even the possibility of a pardon or commutation for the fallen founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, underscores how the political ground has shifted since the sometime crypto mogul was sentenced to 25 ...

The beleaguered Fried and Bankman, who were “heartbroken” by their son’s prosecution and sentencing, are “exploring” the possibilities of a Trump pardon, Bloomberg also said. Bankman ...

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 ...

It is fair to say that each president’s exercise of the pardon power pushed the outer limits of legitimacy. In fact, the types of pardons they issued — Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons and Trump’s ...