Trump Has a Soft Spot for American War Criminals

Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch Jun 10, 2019 The president's desire to pardon U.S. soldiers and a military contractor accused of crimes in the never-ending war on terror is troubling, at best. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Let’s Talk Turkey

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Nov 19, 2018 Dig deeper

Trump Pardons Ranchers Who Sparked Refuge Occupation

JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press Jul 10, 2018 The sentencing in a 2012 arson case in Oregon led to a protest by Ammon Bundy and dozens of others who complained about alleged federal overreach. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump on the Roof

Jeff Danziger / Truthdig Jun 6, 2018 Dig deeper

A Message to Mueller? Trump Pardons Cheney Ex-Aide ‘Scooter’ Libby

CHAD DAY and CATHERINE LUCEY / The Associated Press Apr 13, 2018 The president suggests the former vice president's chief of staff had been "treated unfairly" by a special counsel who prosecuted him for obstruction of justice and lying to investigators. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pardon Me

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Nov 17, 2017 Dig deeper

Obama, Deporter in Chief, Should Pardon the Undocumented

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jan 5, 2017 President Obama can use his immense power of the presidential pardon to de-escalate the war on immigrants, which otherwise threatens to get immeasurably worse under Donald Trump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama’s Grants of Clemency Top 1,300 in Effort to Address Justice System Problems

BLANK Dec 22, 2016 On Tuesday, he granted 78 pardons and 153 commutations—the record for any president in a single day—to individuals with nonviolent offenses. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Publish, Punish and Pardon: How Obama Could Reveal the Nature of the National Security State

By Pratap Chatterjee / TomDispatch Dec 5, 2016 At this late date, what might a president alarmed by his successor do, if not to hamper Trump's ability to create global mayhem, then at least to set the record straight before he leaves the White House? Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Jill Stein: ‘If Elected President I Will Immediately Pardon Edward Snowden’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 15, 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is promising, if she is elected, to pardon the NSA whistleblower, whose revelation of secret government spying ruled illegal by federal judges “was among the most important in US history.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bureaucrat Torpedoes Plea for a Presidential Pardon

By Dafna Linzer, ProPublica May 14, 2012 The prosecutor and trial judge urged federal officials to commute Clarence Aaron's sentence, but the Justice Department had other ideas. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Shades of Mercy: Presidential Forgiveness Heavily Favors Whites

Staff / Truthdig Dec 4, 2011 To avoid repeating a scandal like his predecessor’s, George W. Bush gave career lawyers in the Justice Department far-reaching authority to choose who got presidential pardons. The result: Whites are nearly four times as likely as minorities to win a pardon, even when the type of crime and severity of sentence are taken into account.Whites are nearly four times as likely as minorities to win a presidential pardon. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )