Donald Trump is the 47th president of the United States, but only 45 have served in the office. Trump is the second president ...

President Richard M. Nixon sought to fire the special prosecutor leading the Watergate investigation, but his attorney ...

U.S. presidents have the constitutional power to exercise leniency toward people who have committed federal crimes through ...

"The increased pardon activity has elevated public attention on pardon power. This article explores the history, scope, and limitations of the pardon power, and provides answers to some practical ...

In January of 1973, just days after Johnson died of a heart attack, a newly reelected Nixon announced plans to terminate the ...

The Politics of Presidential Mercy, by Jeffrey Toobin “When it comes to pardons, presidents are kings,” the legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin writes in his new book, “The Pardon: The Politics of ...

Andrew Johnson offered several exemptions to his general amnesty after the Civil War.

Trump announced he's pardoning Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was sentenced to 14 years in prison before ...

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Trump commuted the former governor's sentence in 2020.

Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in 2020. The former governor had served about 8 years on charges stemming from ...

In a new book, Jeffrey Toobin makes a convincing case that Ford’s pardon of President Nixon set the stage for unchecked ...