pardon
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On Dec. 11, 2025, Trump issued what he characterized as a pardon of Peters.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
But Shvartsman’s story didn’t have a Hollywood ending: He failed to secure a pardon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
A lawyer for Zhao previously said his pardon wasn’t linked to any business decision, and a lawyer for World Liberty Financial has said the company didn’t “discuss, facilitate or influence the pardon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Maxwell has previously sought a pardon from US President Donald Trump.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
“You must beg her pardon at once. Say you’re sorry, Michael!”
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
And under the state constitution, only the governor has the power to issue pardons.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Presidential pardons only cover federal offences, not state-level cases.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
White House officials are considering a plan for President Trump to issue 250 pardons as a way to mark the celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday this summer, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Stories about pardons are often told as stories about presidential power — who got mercy, who had access, who persuaded a president to intervene.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026
A pair of gold cloaks confronted them as they were making their way along Coppersmith's Wynd, but when they realized whom they'd challenged they begged the Hand's pardons and waved them on.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Trump pardoned the elder Kushner in 2020 and named him U.S. ambassador to France in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
In a September 2024 motion, Murrill claimed that by vacating Brooks’ manslaughter conviction while he was a free man and not a prisoner, the court essentially pardoned him.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
A Honduran judge ruled on Monday that former president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was pardoned last year of US drug trafficking charges by President Donald Trump, can remain free while facing his corruption trial.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
The day before she was executed, she wrote to George Rogers, the Labour MP for Kensington North at the time, who had campaigned for her to be pardoned.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The picketers didn’t want to be pardoned by the government for something they didn’t believe was a crime.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
"To be clear, I am not pardoning Tina Peters, and I have never considered a pardon," Polis wrote in a lengthy Facebook post.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Asked after the Supreme Court ruling if he would consider pardoning Maxwell, Trump said, “I’d have to take a look at it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
In the closing weeks of his presidency, Biden loosed his pardoning pen.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2025
Gerald Ford is best remembered not for his administration’s fight against inflation or for signing campaign finance reforms but for pardoning his predecessor, Richard Nixon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2025
“Seeing as your boy is so young, and El Jefe has been pardoning most minors . . .” He swilled his drink around so the ice tinkled against the glass.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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