Imprisoned former Ald. Edward Burke has become the latest Chicago Democrat to seek clemency from someone who, at first blush, would seem like an unlikely suitor: Republican President Donald Trump.

Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence, faced sharp questioning from lawmakers during ...

A Missouri woman, pardoned earlier this month by President Donald Trump for her role in the January 6, 2021, attacks on the ...

Robby Soave delivers radar on former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) being sentenced to serve 11 years in prison for accepting bribes from the Egyptian government.

Ill., questioned Kash Patel about his support of President Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers, including those who have since committed other crimes.

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 ...

A man convicted of plotting against the FBI argues his case should be dismissed based on a pardon related to January 6 events.

The mayoral race has been thrown into uncertainty by news that the Trump administration was considering dropping the charges ...

Sometimes, it’s hard to keep track what’s happening in the news, so for everyone’s sake, The Root is recapping some of the most interesting and flat out insane moments since the New Year kicked in and ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump granted clemency to every person charged or convicted for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, even those convicted of ...

At least 12 people pardoned by President Donald Trump in his first and second terms in the White House have since been rearrested by the police.

Later, speaking from the Senate floor, Durbin expressed “grave concerns” about Patel’s fitness to lead the F.B.I., calling him a “staunch political loyalist who has repeatedly peddled false conspiracy ...