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President Trump granted clemency this week to 30 people, White House "pardon czar" Alice Marie Johnson announced Sept. 4, including Emory Jones, a longtime associate of Jay-Z who served nearly 16 years in federal prison...
Former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer sued the department on September 3 in federal court in Washington over her March 2025 termination. Her complaint says she was fired after declining a request from the...
Lawyers for Anthony Fauci have set up a legal defense fund for the former NIAID director, telling Reuters on Aug. 21 that responding to a growing set of state and federal investigations into his handling of the COVID-19...
Among 11 pardons President Trump issued on July 3, 2026 was one for Adam Kidan, a former business partner of lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Kidan pleaded guilty in 2005 to fraud and conspiracy tied to the purchase of a fleet of...
On July 3, 2026, President Trump announced pardons for a group of people he said had been wrongfully prosecuted for "fixing their car," describing the cases as an act of "weaponization" by federal prosecutors. CBS News...
On June 4, 2026, President Trump signed a proclamation granting a 'full, complete, and unconditional pardon' to former Republican Rep. Stephen E. Buyer of Indiana. A federal jury convicted Buyer on March 10, 2023 of four...
An NPR investigation published May 13, 2026 reported that the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section - created after Watergate to prosecute public corruption - has been reduced from about 40 full-time attorneys...
Trump issued pardons in February 2026 to five former NFL players, announced by White House pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson. They were Joe Klecko, who pleaded guilty to perjury for lying to a federal grand jury...
A review of clemency actions during the second term found a heavy concentration of white-collar offenders among those receiving pardons and commutations, including individuals convicted of fraud, corruption and...
On December 2, 2025, Trump posted on Truth Social that all documents, pardons, executive orders and other actions signed during Joe Biden's presidency using an autopen were "null, void, and of no further force or...