Experts worry that Trump's Jan. 6 pardons will legitimize political violence, embolden extremists
President Donald Trump's pardons of those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and the rhetoric of retribution from some of those released this week is raising deep concern among ...
DC judges reluctantly OK dropping Jan. 6 cases after Trump clemency: ‘No pardon can change the tragic truth of what happened’
Three federal judges in Washington DC reluctantly dropped the cases of several Jan. 6 rioters who were among the 1,500 protesters President Trump pardoned.
Pardons of D.C. officers leave city at civil rights crossroads
The death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown sparked angry protests in 2020, and led to the rare conviction of two D.C. police officers.
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Presidential pardons: The history behind them and how they are used today
The recent flurry of presidential pardons from both former President Biden and President Trump has put a renewed focus on ...
Could Donald Trump Pardon Derek Chauvin Over George Floyd's Murder?
Trump has not pledged to pardon Chauvin, but many of his supporters argue his sentence was excessive or politically motivated.
Trump defends January 6 pardons in his first Oval Office interview of second term
President Donald Trump defended the pardons he issued to January 6 participants in his first interview since returning to the ...