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News Articles: presidential pardons

Former Illinois Gov. and convicted felon Rod Blagojevich speaks to the press outside of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in August 2021 in Chicago.

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  • National

Trump pardons disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich

Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Trump commuted the former governor's sentence in 2020.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Pam Hemphill turned down a pardon for her role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

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  • Politics

One of the Jan. 6 defendants has turned down Trump's pardon

Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge and spent 60 days behind bars for her role in the Capitol riots, says she no longer believes the lies President Trump promoted.

January 23, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

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Trump offers long-promised pardons to some 1,500 January 6 rioters

On the campaign trail, Trump regularly featured the stories of Jan. 6 defendants he labeled "hostages" and "patriots."

January 21, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, waves to family in the gallery during the opening of the 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly at the Capitol on Jan. 10, 2024, in Richmond, Va.

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  • Politics

Biden pardons Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, Black nationalist Marcus Garvey

President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to improving their communities."

January 19, 2025
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  • Luke Garrett
Kim Kardashian met with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss criminal justice reform.

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Kim Kardashian visits the White House to highlight criminal justice reform

Vice President Harris and Kardashian are meeting with four people convicted of non-violent drug offenses who received pardons this week from President Biden.

April 25, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Blackwater guards, from left, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nicholas Slatten and Paul Slough were pardoned by President Trump this week. The former government contractors were convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more a dozen Iraqi civilians dead.

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  • Politics

Shock And Dismay After Trump Pardons Blackwater Guards Who Killed 14 Iraqi Civilians

"We were surprised that the American president issued a decision to pardon these criminals, murderers and thugs," says an Iraqi man who was shot in the 2007 massacre at Baghdad's Nisour Square.

December 23, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley
A Marine stands outside the West Wing of the White House last week. President Trump has been lobbied by advocates to use his powers to grant pardons and commutations ahead of leaving office.

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  • Politics

Trump Grants Slew Of Pardons, Including To George Papadopoulos And Duncan Hunter

In all, President Trump granted full pardons to 15 individuals and commuted part or all of the sentences of an additional five.

December 23, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo,
  • Ayesha Rascoe,
  • and 3 more
President Trump commuted the sentence of and later pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who had received a life term in a drug case.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The Truth About Pardons

The history of presidential pardons is often surprising — and revealing.

December 06, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Simon

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