Mr. Toobin is a contributing Opinion writer and the author of the forthcoming “The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy.” At a campaign event shortly before the November election ...

The order requires the Federal Bureau of Prisons to act immediately on receipt of the pardons. "Tonight I'm going to be signing on the J6 hostages, pardons to get them out," Trump said at the ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump issued pardons Monday night to hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — staying true to his promise to grant clemency to people involved in ...

This story has been updated with new information. In his final hours in office, President Joe Biden issued blanket preemptive pardons Monday to prominent government officials, the bipartisan ...