Tag: Pardons

Jenna Ellis, a former member of then-President Donald Trump's legal team.

Former Trump lawyer thanks president for pardoning her following ‘trauma’

Jenny Goldsberry · November 10, 2025 12:19 pm

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel appears before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.

Raskin urges Trump to withhold ‘any form of clemency’ from Ghislaine Maxwell

David Zimmermann · November 10, 2025 9:24 am

Trump 2020 election pardons

Trump issues pardons for Giuliani, Meadows, and others involved in 2020 presidential election controversy

Washington Examiner Staff · November 10, 2025 3:55 am

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds a press conference on day 34 of the government shutdown. (Graeme Jennings / Washington Examiner)

Johnson dodges question about Binance pardon after Trump said he knew ‘nothing’ about it

Lauren Green · November 3, 2025 1:00 pm

(Washington Examiner illustration; AP; Newscom)

Here comes Santos Claus: Trump has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 10 convicted former GOP House members

David Mark · October 31, 2025 5:40 am

George Santos walks down U.S. Capitol steps

Santos says he will ‘explore a way to make it right’ with fraud victims

Jenny Goldsberry · October 21, 2025 12:38 pm

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

Pardoned Jan. 6 participant arrested for allegedly threatening to ‘eliminate’ Hakeem Jeffries

Emily Hallas · October 21, 2025 12:35 pm

Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY), speaks during a news conference, July 14, 2023.

Nick LaLota breaks with Trump over Santos commutation: ‘Three months is not enough’

Molly Parks · October 20, 2025 3:37 pm

President Joe Biden stands next to former Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney.

Romney reveals he pressed Biden to pardon Trump in push for independent judicial system

Emily Hallas · September 30, 2025 3:46 pm

A Trump White House investigation has reportedly unearthed documents showing that former President Joe Biden’s senior staff initially recommended that he personally approve and hand-sign presidential clemency actions but how, near the end of his term, Biden delineated from that guidance.

Biden’s team wanted him to sign pardons by hand, not autopen

Christian Datoc, Lauren Green, Kaelan Deese · September 5, 2025 2:46 pm

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, from left, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, and Zachary Rehl pose at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 21, 2025.

Trump DOJ seeks to dismiss Jan. 6 lawsuit from Proud Boys leaders

Molly Parks · August 26, 2025 1:41 pm

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) gestures as she speaks.

‘Get-out-of-jail-free card’: Elissa Slotkin pushes to end presidential pardons

Samantha-Jo Roth · August 11, 2025 1:45 pm