Presidential Pardon Archives

Trump Issued Second Round Of Pardons Including Stone, Manafort, Jared Kushner’s Father

Trump issued a second batch of full pardons to 26 individuals and commuted the sentences of three others.

December 23, 2020December 28, 2020

President Trump on Wednesday announced a second batch of new pre-Christmas pardons and commutations — including forgiving the crimes of longtime ally Roger Stone, former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner.

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Trump To Posthumously Pardon Susan B. Anthony

“She was guilty for voting,” Trump said. “And we’re going to be signing a full and complete pardon.

August 18, 2020August 19, 2020

President Trump announced Tuesday morning on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment that he will grant a full pardon posthumously to Susan B. Anthony, a women’s suffragist icon who was arrested after violating male-only voting laws in 1872.

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Congress Report

Pelosi Plans Legislation to Limit Presidential Pardons in Wake of Stone Commutation

July 13, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-NY) is seeking to have Congress limit the president’s pardon powers after President Trump commuted the prison sentence of Roger Stone.

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