Pardon

Presidential pardon and clemency coverage including controversial pardons, commutations, and the constitutional pardon power. Stories span pardons for political allies, pre-emptive pardons, and debates over the limits and appropriate use of executive clemency.

54 posts

• Day 1784: "Massive, uncontrolled, unchecked power." Dec 8, 2025
• Day 1463: "An ongoing threat." Jan 21, 2025
• Day 1462: "Welcome home." Jan 20, 2025
• Day 1423: "Maximum level." Dec 12, 2024
• Day 1422: "Focus on our mission." Dec 11, 2024
• Day 1420: "Can’t guarantee anything." Dec 9, 2024
• Day 1416: "Government does almost nothing well." Dec 5, 2024
• Day 1414: "Competing constitutional interests." Dec 3, 2024
• Day 1413: "Enough is enough." Dec 2, 2024
• Day 1259: "The President is now a king above the law." Jul 1, 2024
• Day 1197: "You know, it depends." Apr 30, 2024
• Day 847: "Irresponsible." May 16, 2023
• Day 559: "Playing with fire." Aug 1, 2022
• Day 525: "Real, real bad." Jun 28, 2022
• Day 520: "Substantial misconduct." Jun 23, 2022
• Day 513: "A heated fight." Jun 16, 2022
• Day 379: "Ambitious but doable." Feb 2, 2022
• Day 377: "Alarming." Jan 31, 2022
• Day 101: "One god-awful mess." Apr 30, 2021
• Day 20: "More dire than we thought." Feb 8, 2021
• Day 1: "Democracy has prevailed." Jan 20, 2021
• Day 1460: "Indefensible." Jan 18, 2021
• Day 1449: "A horror show for America." Jan 7, 2021
• Day 1440: "Death wish." Dec 29, 2020
• Day 1434: "Unnecessary." Dec 23, 2020
• Day 1419: "I literally don't know." Dec 8, 2020
• Day 1415: "Grim." Dec 4, 2020
• Day 1413: "A very dangerous place." Dec 2, 2020
• Day 1412: "We just don’t have time to waste time." Dec 1, 2020
• Day 1338: "You need a test." Sep 18, 2020
• Day 1309: "Donald Trump hasn't grown into the job because he can't." Aug 20, 2020
• Day 1127: Desperate. Feb 20, 2020
• Day 1126: Cleaning house. Feb 19, 2020
• Day 1033: "Unusual and inappropriate." Nov 18, 2019
• Day 951: Dread. Aug 28, 2019
• Day 813: Nonstory. Apr 12, 2019
• Day 778: Blameless. Mar 8, 2019
• Day 777: Humanitarian catastrophe. Mar 7, 2019
• Day 775: Stone cold crazy. Mar 5, 2019
• Day 764: Infinitely better. Feb 22, 2019
• Day 750: No crimes whatsoever. Feb 8, 2019
• Day 503: Obsessed. Jun 6, 2018
• Day 501: Absolute right. Jun 4, 2018
• Day 497: Third-party status. May 31, 2018
• Day 449: Slime ball. Apr 13, 2018
• Day 433: Pertinent to the investigation. Mar 28, 2018
• Day 330: Shame. Dec 15, 2017
• Day 274: Elected by the American people. Oct 20, 2017
• Day 257: The end of everything. Oct 3, 2017
• Day 221: Speaks for himself. Aug 28, 2017
• Day 216: Looking for a way out. Aug 23, 2017
• Day 208: Retweet rampage. Aug 15, 2017
• Day 184: Complete power. Jul 22, 2017
• Day 183: Pardon power. Jul 21, 2017