Nov 25 Watch 6:15 The fallout from Trump’s intervention in Navy SEAL discipline case President Trump and U.S. military leadership clashed this weekend over the case of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a highly decorated Navy SEAL accused and acquitted of war crimes but convicted of posing in a photograph with a dead militant’s… Continue watching
Jul 15 What Trump’s latest pardon means for the future of the American West By Meg Dalton Anti-government extremists celebrated President Trump's pardon of Dwight and Steven Hammond, father-and-son ranchers from Oregon. Experts say the pardon could embolden those groups. Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch 4:06 News Wrap: White House asked whether Trump believes he is above the law In our news wrap Monday, President Trump argued he has an "absolute right to pardon" himself in the Russia Investigation. He also claimed that the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller to head the Russia probe was "totally unconstitutional" but… Continue watching
May 31 Trump considers pardoning Martha Stewart, commuting Rod Blagojevich By Darlene Superville, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump said he's considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption, and pardoning lifestyle entrepreneur Martha Stewart, who was convicted of charges related to a stock sale. Continue reading
May 24 Watch 5:36 Pardoned boxer Jack Johnson just ‘wanted to live well,’ Ken Burns says President Trump granted a rare posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, boxing's first African-American heavyweight champion. An all-white jury convicted him in 1913 of violating the federal Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral… Continue watching
Aug 26 A look at the president’s pardon power and how it works By Associated Press A look at the president's unique power. Continue reading
Jul 23 Trump lawyer says there’s no pardon discussion By Associated Press One of President Trump's personal attorneys says that Trump's private legal team is not looking into the question of whether the president can pardon himself. Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch News Wrap: Cleveland Kidnapper Ariel Castro Found Dead of Suicide in Prison In other news Wednesday, officials say Ariel Castro, 53, hanged himself in his prison cell overnight. Castro was convicted of holding three women captive in his Cleveland, Ohio, home for more than a decade. Also, Chelsea Manning has requested a… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch Politics, Race Play Role in Presidential Pardons, Investigation Finds People who are white and well-connected are more likely to receive presidential pardons, a ProPublica investigation discovered this week. ProPublica's Dafna Linzer goes over the details of the investigation with Gwen Ifill. Continue watching