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 ...

President Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon a month later to his ... for this article was sourced from Farrell’s 2017 book “Richard Nixon: The Life,” Stephen E. Ambrose’s 1989 book “Nixon ...

Biden is considering pre-emptive pardons for elected officials ... We Have Today,” about the days following Richard Nixon’s resignation as president.

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 ...

was issued a pre-emptive pardon by President Gerald Ford despite never being charged or convicted of federal crimes. In this Jan. 27, 1963, file photo President Richard Nixon speaks during his first ...

Lee. Some pardons are seen as being more motivated by self-interest. President Richard Nixon pardoned influential US labour leader Jimmy Hoffa, who had been convicted of jury tampering and fraud ...

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 ...