They also send a message that he will protect those who break the law on his behalf, democracy advocates warn.

Speaking from the White House, US President Donald Trump said he thought pardoning the some 1,500 January 6 rioters, who ...

The two Americans freed in the swap, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, was brokered before Biden left office on Monday.

President Donald Trump on his first full day in office on Tuesday defended his decision to grant clemency to people convicted ...

President Donald Trump on his first full day in office Tuesday defended his decision to grant clemency to people convicted of ...

Four years after they raided the Capitol and assaulted police officers, a group of some of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters ...

President Donald Trump on his first full day in office Tuesday defended his decision to grant clemency to people convicted of ...

A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans – including a man from Western New ...

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Some defendants were completely pardoned while others were commuted, meaning their convictions still stand, but their prison time is done.