From Nixon to January 6: The history of presidential pardons
One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.
Biden's Preemptive Pardons Undermine Official Accountability and the Rule of Law
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Why have Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons caused such a stir? A president’s pardoning power has few limits
Joe Biden preemptively pardoned his family and others concerned about retribution from Donald Trump. The Constitution says ...
Biden preemptively pardons family members, other potential Trump targets
In his final hours in office, he pardoned Milley, Fauci and the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack.
It's true that a president can pardon someone for crimes they haven't been charged with
President Biden granted a slew of last-minute preemptive pardons on Jan. 20, including to Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of ...
Biden started the day with pardons. Trump finished with many more.
Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons are a valid use of pardon power. But they break new ground as a shield for those the president ...
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Two US presidents have pardoned thousands over the past few weeks. Here’s what that means.
Biden issued preemptive pardons, while Trump pardoned Jan. 6 rioters. Over the past several weeks, two U.S. presidents use ...
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Presidential pardons change lives and legacies. Don’t let them change history. | Opinion
Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon is now not even among the worst 1,500 in history ... nation’s nearly 250-year history than Ford’s attempt to move on from the Watergate break-in and other ...
What are presidential pardons and who are the 1,600 people Trump has pardoned?
During his final hours in office, US President Joe Biden issued a number of pre-emptive pardons to prevent what he called "unjustified... politically motivated prosecutions".