With his Jan. 6 pardons, the president let a bunch of criminals back out onto American streets. Some of them ended up behind ...

The Most Controversial Pardons Trump Could Make Before He Leaves Office. Published Nov 17, 2020 at 5:40 AM EST Updated Nov 17, 2020 at 9:02 AM EST. By .

President Donald Trump, like many of his predecessors, is using his final days in the White House to increase his use of pardons and commutations, including some that have sparked controversy.

Now that investigations into the autopen presidency are underway, left-leaning media and Democratic politicians are finally ...

Trump has issued a flurry of pardons this week. The common thread: him - ANALYSIS : ANALYSIS: Trump handed out a flurry of pardons this week to supporters and donors; some were real head ...

A look at Trump's controversial pardons for political allies and loyalists. In his second term, President Trump has moved to pardon many who are considered to be loyal to him, ...

One of the many headlines President Donald Trump made in May 2025 was his announcement that he would grant full pardons to embattled reality stars Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley in their fraud ...

Donald Trump has issued an unusually high number of pardons compared to past presidents. These pardons have included political allies, public figures, and participants in controversial events ...

Pardon reviews tend to snowball at the end of an administration, and Mr. Trump has not hesitated to extend clemency to a small number of Americans, including some of his controversial allies.

Trump also granted a pardon to the rapper Lil Wayne, who was facing up to 10 years in prison for carrying an illegal firearm. Wayne met with and endorsed Trump in the final week of the 2020 campaign.

Trump has taken an "unprecedented" approach to the pardon process by relying on the direct method to a novel degree, leaning on a team of “very different sorts of people” to hand out “very ...