Two weeks after the FBI raided Michael Cohen‘s office in April 2018, I asked then-President Donald Trump a simple question that prompted a furious response. “Mr. President, what about Michael Cohen?” I asked during an Oval Office photo op with French President Emmanuel Macron. “Are you considering a pardon for Michael Cohen?” “Stupid question,” Trump […]
Donald Trump’s immunity claims reached the U.S. Supreme Court last week, and during oral arguments, Justice Brett Kavanaugh — a Trump nominee — thought it’d be a good idea to bring up Gerald Ford’s decision to pardon Richard Nixon in 1974. The then-president’s decision, the conservative jurist said, was “very controversial in the moment.” Former […]
Former president Donald Trump has promised to pardon supporters of his who have been charged, convicted, and in some cases imprisoned for crimes committed during the January 6 attack on the Capitol. But according to a new report from anti-authoritarianism group Protect Democracy, he may not actually have that power even if he is returned […]
SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom is requesting a full pardon for Earlonne Woods, a renowned podcaster formerly incarcerated at San Quentin who recently inked a documentary deal with actor Morgan Freeman. In an annual announcement of clemency and parole requests Friday, Newsom granted 37 pardons and 18 commutations, and moved to clear the record […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate endorsed a proposed constitutional change Wednesday to limit a governor’s end-of-term pardon powers, reflecting the outrage still burning over pardons granted by the state’s last Republican governor on his way out of office in 2019. The measure seeks to amend the state’s constitution to suspend a governor’s […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s conservative president resigned Saturday amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government. Katalin Novák, 46, announced in a televised message that she would step […]
By Krisztina Than and Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigned on Saturday after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted for helping to cover up sexual abuse in a children’s home. Novak, a close ally of conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban, pardoned some two dozen people in April 2023 – […]
Hungary’s conservative President has resigned amid a public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case. The decision by Katalin Novak unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government. Ms Novak, 46, announced in a televised message on Saturday that she would […]
In the three years to the day since the insurrection at the US Capitol, great strides have been made in shoring up American democracy: hundreds of rioters have been prosecuted, legislation has been passed to bolster electoral safeguards and Donald Trump has been charged over his efforts to subvert the 2020 election. But as the […]
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said in an interview on Fox News that if elected she would pardon former President Trump only if he were found guilty and would not consider preemptively pardoning him. “I think you only do it if someone’s found guilty. So, you know, what I’ll say is this is about moving […]
A Republican running for one of the most competitive congressional seats in the country has stressed his belief that Donald Trump needs to win the White House and pardon some of the mob who took part in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. File: Joe Kent, Republican U.S. congressional candidate for Washington, 3rd […]
ELKADER, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis offered the clearest indication yet that he would pardon former President Donald Trump if he were to be convicted on the multiple criminal charges he faces, clarifying previously murky answers on how the Republican governor would use his pardon powers if elected president. In an exchange with reporters […]