presidential pardons

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is currently under federal investigation for possible sex crimes, asked for a pardon from then-President Donald Trump before he left the White House, according to a New York Times report.

A Pennsylvania radio host was shocked to see his name among the final batch of people granted pardons and commutations by President Donald Trump in the waning hours of his time in office, NBC News reports.

In the middle of the night as much of the nation slept, Donald Trump used the final hours of his presidency to pardon former chief strategist Steve Bannon, assorted rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other personal allies.

Outgoing President Trump issued a raft of 11th-hour pardons and commutations that included his former political strategist, a top fundraiser, and two well-known rappers, but not himself or his family. LX News welcomed constitutional law expert and professor at the SMU Dedman School of Law, Dale Carpenter, to explain why a president cannot excuse his own illegal activity.

President Trump is expected to spark come controversy with a slew of pardons in his final hours in the White House, while incoming President Joe Biden is expected to make his mark with a number of executive orders as he enters. Meanwhile, Republicans and Democrats seem to be more divided than ever. According to a new NBC News poll, only...

The U.S. House is moving forward quickly with a second impeachment of President Trump, but what happens next? Jared Carter, a constitutional law scholar at Vermont Law School, joined LX News to break down the congressional options to penalize Trump for his role in the deadly U.S. Capitol riots.

As President Trump’s administration winds down, speculation is turning to which family members or aides he may choose to pardon in his last days in the White House. Jeffrey Crouch, an expert in presidential politics at American University, joined LX News to explain how far Trump’s powers extend. (Spoiler alert: Pretty far.)

A Trump campaign fundraiser and a lawyer for the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were involved in an effort to get a pardon from the White House at the behest of a wealthy octogenarian in the early days of the Trump administration, lawyers for the two men told NBC News. Elliott Broidy, the fundraiser who has since pleaded guilty in a separate lobbying case,...

President Donald Trump has been discussing the possibility of issuing pardons for his family members and some close associates, multiple sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.