Andrew Johnson offered several exemptions to his general amnesty after the Civil War.

There is no limit to the number of pardons a U.S. President can issue, there are still some restrictions. Bitzer told WCNC ...

U.S. presidents have the authority to grant clemency, which includes both pardons and commutations. A pardon relieves a ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been issued a pardon by President Donald Trump, nearly five years after his sentence was commuted.

President Trump on Monday signed a full and unconditional pardon for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who served eight ...

Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in 2020. The former governor had served about 8 years on charges stemming from ...

The low bar for pardons under presidents from both parties invites people do bad things because the risk of consequence is low, University of Richmond professor Nancy Bagranoff writes in a guest ...

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political ...

Presidential pardons were not intended to forgive crimes committed by the president’s family members, friends or political allies. | Opinion ...

Trump announced he's pardoning Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was sentenced to 14 years in prison before ...

He said he was going to have the pardon from Trump framed. "I'm just a working man, dude. People like us don't get presidential pardons," Loftus said. John Pierce, an attorney who represented ...

President Donald Trump defended his decision ... But counterterrorism experts say the pardons could further embolden fringe groups and hamper the Justice Department’s fight against political ...