One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.

During the dismal days that followed Watergate and the resignation of President Richard Nixon, there was a dark-humored joke that made the rounds. It went something like this: As Nixon was making his ...

Biden issued preemptive pardons, while Trump pardoned Jan. 6 rioters. Over the past several weeks, two U.S. presidents use ...

Presidential pardons began with the George Washington ... including reprieves for the likes of President Richard Nixon, officials implicated in the Iran-Contra affair and disgraced commodities ...

Presidents have pardon power -- that's in the Constitution, columnist Ron Faucheux notes. But there are some steps to take ...

A similarly broad pardon was issued by then-President Gerald Ford to former President Richard Nixon following Nixon’s resignation after the Watergate scandal. Ford’s pardon extended to “all ...

President Gerald Ford’s pardon of predecessor Richard Nixon was roundly criticized at the time, and may have cost Ford the 1976 election. Nixon had picked Ford to be vice president, which led to ...