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Trump Pardons Founder of Bankrupt EV Firm Nikola

Trevor Milton was appealing a fraud conviction for duping investors

(Newser) - President Trump has issued another high-profile pardon : that of Trevor Milton, the founder of the bankrupt electric vehicle company Nikola. The 42-year-old Milton had been sentenced to four years in prison—though he was out pending appeal—after being convicted of fraud, reports the Wall Street Journal . Prosecutors say he...

Trump: Biden's Last-Minute Pardons Are 'Void'

President says predecessor used an autopen to sign them

(Newser) - President Trump claims last-minute pardons signed by former President Biden are "void" because they were signed with an autopen. Shortly before leaving office, Biden pardoned his own family members , members of the Jan. 6 House Select Committee , and others perceived as Trump's political enemies. A branch of the...

Trump's Pardon Frees Ex-Lawmaker From Prison Camp

Brian Kelsey pleaded guilty in a campaign finance conspiracy trial

(Newser) - Released two weeks into a 21-month prison sentence for a campaign finance conspiracy conviction, a former Tennessee legislator thanked God and President Trump and ripped the Biden administration. "God used Donald Trump to save me," Brian Kelsey told CNBC . "His election saved me from the Biden" Department...

Trump Says He'll Pardon Pete Rose
Trump Says He'll
Pardon Pete Rose
Mar 1, 2025 12:30 PM CST

Trump Says He'll Pardon Pete Rose

MLB's all-time hits leader served prison sentence for tax crime

(Newser) - He's powerless to install baseball's all-time hits leader in the Hall of Fame, but President Trump announced that he intends to sign "a complete pardon" of Pete Rose. The social media post didn't mention Rose's convictions, USA Today reports. But the disgraced star, who died...

Woman Trump Freed May Be His 'Pardon Czar'

It's not clear what Alice Marie Johnson's duties would be

(Newser) - A woman who was serving a life sentence in a federal prison when President Trump commuted her sentence—after an intervention by Kim Kardashian—is under consideration to become his "pardon czar." Alice Marie Johnson has said she wants to work to help others receive commutations or pardons,...

Pardoned Rioters Argue Other Cases Should Be Moot

Gun and child pornography possession are covered by Trump's order, lawyers say

(Newser) - The pardon President Trump signed on his first day in office absolves the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters of "offenses related to events that occurred at or near" the US Capitol on that day. Some of those pardoned, facing other charges, are arguing to courts that they should be covered...

Blagojevich Receives Pardon From Trump

President commuted his corruption sentence in 2020

(Newser) - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich received a full pardon from President Trump on Monday, five years after Trump commuted the 14-year federal sentence he was serving on corruption charges. "I've watched him. He was set up by a lot of bad people, some of the same people I...

Former Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio Says He'll Run for Office

Ex-leader of militant far-right extremist group says things are looking up for him

(Newser) - From leader of a neo-fascist extremist group to elected official? That's what Enrique Tarrio has in mind for his career trajectory. The ex-leader of the Proud Boys told Newsmax host Greg Kelly on Wednesday that things are looking up for him, and that he thinks a career in public...

FBI Pick Patel Breaks With Trump on J6 Pardons

'I do not agree with the commutation of any sentence of any individual who committed violence against law enforcement'

(Newser) - Kash Patel, nominee to be the next FBI director, is known for his fierce loyalty to President Trump. But early in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Patel split with Trump on a high-profile issue—the sweeping pardons issued to all those in the Capitol riot,...

Texan Pardoned for Jan. 6 Now a Wanted Man

Andrew Taake has an outstanding warrant for his arrest on charges of soliciting a minor

(Newser) - Andrew Taake walked out of federal prison in Colorado a free man on Jan. 20, after newly inaugurated President Trump pardoned him and some 1,500 others for their part in the 2021 Capitol riot. Law enforcement officials in Houston, however, would like to put Taake right back behind bars,...

Graham Splits With Trump on Jan. 6 Pardons

Adam Schiff agrees and criticizes Biden's flurry

(Newser) - Asked Sunday if he's OK with President Trump's pardons of rioters convicted of violently assaulting officers who were defending the Capitol, a staunch ally answered "No." Appearing on CNN, Sen. Lindsey Graham said: "When you pardon people who attack police officers, you're sending the...

Trump Pardons Reassure Uneasy Anti-Abortion Activists

The 10 people were convicted of invading and blockading a clinic in 2020

(Newser) - President Trump announced Thursday he's pardoning anti-abortion activists convicted of blockading entrances at clinics that provide abortions. "They should not have been prosecuted," he said as he signed pardons for "peaceful pro-life protesters." Those pardoned were convicted in the October 2020 invasion and blockade of...

Jan. 6 Defendant Re-Arrested After Trump's Pardon

Daniel Ball detained on gun charges unrelated to the Capitol riot

(Newser) - One of the Jan. 6 defendants who received a presidential pardon found himself almost immediately re-arrested, reports Politico . Daniel Ball never even left federal custody, and his case may test the scope of President Trump's sweeping pardons of all those who took part in the violence at the Capitol,...

'MAGA Granny' Turns Down J6 Pardon: 'We Were Wrong'

Pamela Hemphill, sentenced to 60 days in prison, says that accepting pardon would be an 'insult'

(Newser) - While most of the 1,500 or so people who were jailed for taking part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot celebrated this week at receiving a "full pardon" from President Trump, one stands out from the crowd: Pamela Hemphill, who has turned down the president's offer for...

Ex-Proud Boys Leader Walks Free
Ex-Proud Boys
Leader Walks Free
Jan 21, 2025 11:30 AM CST

Ex-Proud Boys Leader Walks Free

As does the founder of the Oath Keepers after pardons from Trump

(Newser) - The former leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys is out of prison following a blanket pardon from President Trump. Enrique Tarrio, who was serving a 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy related to the 2021 Capitol riot, was freed from federal prison in Louisiana, reports the AP . Also freed...

Trump Issues 'Full Pardons' to 1.5K in Capitol Riot

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is being prepared for release from prison, lawyer says

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday night said he was pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US. Capitol, using his sweeping clemency powers on his first day back in office to dismantle the largest investigation and prosecution in Justice...

With Minutes Left in Office, Biden Pardons 5 Relatives

He also commuted Leonard Peltier's sentence

(Newser) - Hunter Biden isn't the only member of his family with a presidential pardon. In his last minutes in office, Joe Biden pardoned his three younger siblings and two of their spouses. He issued blanket pardons for his brother James and James' wife, Sara; his sister Valerie and her husband,...

Biden Pardons Fauci, Milley, Jan. 6 Committee

Last-minute pardons come in an apparent effort to guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump

(Newser) - President Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and members of the House committee that investigated the 2021 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours in the White House to guard against potential "revenge" by the incoming Trump...

Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey Is Among Biden's Pardons
Biden Pardons Marcus Garvey
Jan 19, 2025 2:05 PM CST

Biden Pardons Marcus Garvey

Virginia speaker is cleared of a mistake 'that changed the course of my life'

(Newser) - President Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Others receiving pardons included a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights, criminal justice changes, and gun violence prevention, the AP...

Biden Sets a Record for Pardons, Commutations

In latest move, president commutes sentences of almost 2.5K nonviolent drug offenders

(Newser) - President Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of clemency actions meant to nullify prison terms he deemed too harsh. The recent round of clemency gives Biden the presidential...

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