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A group of 21 House Democrats signed a letter urging the president to exonerate former civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, according to a statement sent by the lawmakers to ABC News on Monday.
Some Republicans in Congress, such as Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran, and Maine Sen. Susan Collins, did speak out against Trump’s January 6 pardons of violent offenders ...
A host of Congress members have urged Biden to pardon certain groups and people in his last 50 days in office. The White House Press has said more pardons can be expected before Inauguration Day ...
The pardon power is considered "plenary" and thus generally cannot be restricted or modified by Congress or the judiciary. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] In Ex parte Garland (1867), the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed the "unlimited" nature of federal pardons (except for impeachment related crimes) and broadened its scope to include offenses for which legal ...
Federalist president John Adams pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 20 people. [3] Among them are: David Bradford, for his role in the Whiskey Rebellion; John Fries, for his role in Fries's Rebellion; convicted of treason due to opposition to a tax; Fries and others were pardoned, and a general amnesty was issued for everyone involved in 1800.
On December 11, a group of 34 members of Congress urged Biden in a letter to also pardon Donziger, calling the charges against the attorney “highly suspect” and warning they could set a ...
“Some of the craziest things that have happened because of my name, and especially because I had an address for, you know, basically my whole life that was like in and around the D.C. area, was receiving letters from federal inmates asking for presidential pardons addressed to me, like by accident.”
Presidential pardon of John G. Stoessinger: Date: Scan made 11/17/07, document created 12/26/85: Source: Scanned from original document: Author: US Federal Government: Permission (Reusing this file) Document should be public domain - permission garnered from Mr. Stoessinger as well, though.