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Presidential Pardons
January 23, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Has Ominous Threat for Biden over Presidential Pardons
Donald Trump is ready to start checking off people from his enemies list.
January 22, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Republicans Unveil Bonkers Plan to Make Trump’s January 6 Pardons OK
Republicans want to rewrite the January 6 attack.
January 22, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
“F**k It”: The Real Logic Behind Trump’s Sweeping January 6 Pardons
Donald Trump issued 1,500 pardons on his first day in office.
January 20, 2025
Edith Olmsted
These Two Planned Trump Pardons Are His Most Dangerous Yet
Donald Trump is planning to pardon a slew of January 6 protesters.
January 20, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Issues Ominous Warning About January 6 Rioters
Donald Trump is promising to start his new term by throwing accountability out the window.
December 2, 2024
Matt Ford
The Hunter Biden Pardon Is Joe Biden’s Ultimate Failure
After years of touting the need to preserve democracy and the rule of law, the outgoing president concludes his reign in the most cynical way imaginable.
January 20, 2021
Matt Ford
Trump’s Final Act of Extraordinary Corruption
The president goes out on a seamy and haphazard note, pardoning those who did crimes on his behalf.
December 2, 2020
Matt Ford
The Most Unpardonable Presidential Power
Donald Trump is taking lame-duck pardons to obscene new levels, but he had a boost from his predecessors.
August 29, 2019
Osita Nwanevu
The Border Wall Is Trump’s High Crime
There's no better reason for Democrats to impeach him.
July 23, 2013
John B. Judis
Obama Should Just Pardon Bradley Manning
It's an elegant way out of the leak controversies
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