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Eric Adams Is Having a Tumultuous Week
Eric Adams
Is Having
Quite a Week
Dec 17, 2024 12:41 PM CST

Eric Adams Is Having Quite a Week

NYC mayor suffers 2 serious political blows, even as Trump floats the idea of a pardon

(Newser) - As New York City Mayor Eric Adams attempts to survive political scandal , he's been the subject of a series of major headlines:
  • A big hit: On Monday, the city's Campaign Finance Board dealt his reelection hopes a serious political blow by deeming him ineligible to receive more than
...

Biden Grants Clemency to 1.5K in a Day, Sets a Record

Former federal inmates on home confinement granted clemency, 39 others pardoned

(Newser) - President Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 former federal inmates placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic in what the New York Times notes is "the largest grant of clemency by an American president in a single day." Biden made the announcement in a...

'If Ever There Was a Case for Clemency, This Is It'

Hugh Hurwitz calls for pardons for those on home confinement under CARES Act

(Newser) - As President Biden considers pardons for more perceived targets of President-elect Trump, he should not forget the 1,500 vulnerable former federal inmates on home confinement, who risk returning to prison under Trump. That's according to Hugh Hurwitz, former assistant director at the Bureau of Prisons, who was involved...

Biden Considers Some Preemptive Pardons

Media outlets name Liz Cheney, Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley, Jack Smith

(Newser) - President Biden and his aides are discussing preemptive pardons for figures ranging from Anthony Fauci to Liz Cheney amid increasing fears that President-elect Trump will go after them, according to reports. Seeing Trump's picks for law enforcement positions , many of whom have called for retribution against Trump's political...

Bill Clinton Speaks Out on Hunter Biden

He says it's not comparable to when he pardoned half brother Roger Clinton

(Newser) - Former President Clinton defended President Biden's pardon of his son Wednesday—but he rejected comparisons to his own pardon of his half brother. Clinton, speaking at the DealBook Summit, noted that Roger Clinton had already served his sentence when he pardoned him as he left office in 2001, the...

Late-Night Hosts Weigh In on the Biden Pardon

Jon Stewart roasts the hypocrisy but also cuts the president a little slack

(Newser) - President Biden gave Jon Stewart and the late-night hosts plenty to talk about Monday night with his controversial pardon of son Hunter. Stewart, for example, roasted the president for going back on his word and for the unusually broad sweep of the pardon, but he also cut the president some...

Biden's 'Particularly Broad' Pardon Is Like Gerald Ford's

Its sweeping language protects son Hunter for actions over the last decade

(Newser) - President Biden didn't merely pardon son Hunter for his federal criminal convictions. The president bestowed on him a "full and unconditional pardon" for any federal crime Hunter may have committed over the past decade. The BBC notes that it is a "particularly broad" pardon compared to, say,...

After Biden Pardon, Trump Wonders About 'J-6' Cases

Former president criticizes current president's move as a 'miscarriage of Justice'

(Newser) - President Biden's decision to pardon son Hunter Sunday night might have raised the hopes of those currently imprisoned over the Capitol riot. In reacting to the Biden move, President-elect Trump provided what some are interpreting as a hint to his thinking in regard to potential pardons for them, reports...

President Biden Explains Decision to Pardon His Son

'I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision'

(Newser) - After previously saying he would not pardon his son following his federal felony gun and tax convictions, President Biden on Sunday did that very thing , some 50 days before he is set to exit the White House, reports the New York Times . Fox News reports the pardon applies to...

Biden Reverses Himself, Pardons Son Hunter

President had previously said he wouldn't do so

(Newser) - President Biden has pardoned his son Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family members, per the AP . The president had previously...

2 Lawmakers Push Biden to Pardon Assange

Democrat and Republican ask for a message that journalists won't be prosecuted

(Newser) - President Biden has received a bipartisan plea from two House members to pardon Julian Assange as a signal that the government will not prosecute journalists "simply for doing their jobs." Reps. James McGovern, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, wrote to the president earlier this...

Biden Pardons Veterans Convicted 'for Being Themselves'

Thousands were found to have violated repealed military ban on consensual gay sex

(Newser) - President Biden pardoned potentially thousands of former US service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying Wednesday that he is "righting [a] historic wrong" to clear the way for them to regain lost benefits. Biden's action grants a pardon to service members...

Mitt Romney: It Was a Mistake for Biden Not to Pardon Trump

Though perhaps not for the reason you might think

(Newser) - Mitt Romney thinks President Biden should have pardoned Donald Trump—but not because the Republican senator from Utah has any particular love for Trump. "[Biden] should have fought like crazy to keep this prosecution from going forward. It was a win-win for Donald Trump," Romney said in an...

Lincoln Pardoned Ancestor of Biden, Records Show

Historian tells story of the Civil War conviction of the president's great-great-grandfather

(Newser) - Some presidential pardons are turkeys, sure. But a newly discovered one has echoed through the centuries to be particularly meaningful to the current president. On Sept. 1, 1864, an order from President Abraham Lincoln freed Moses Robinette from a military prison where he was incarcerated after being court-martialed over a...

Man Pardoned by Trump Fined $20M
Man Pardoned
by Trump Fined $20M
Feb 7, 2024 6:20 PM CST

Man Pardoned by Trump Fined $20M

Authorities say Jonathan Braun ran network of predatory lenders

(Newser) - Drug smuggler-turned-loan shark Jonathan Braun was pardoned by Donald Trump for the drug smuggling but he hasn't gotten off scot-free for running what authorities say was a network of predatory lenders. Braun was fined $20 million on Tuesday, almost double what a jury had recommended, by a federal judge...

Biden Slams 'Failed Approach' to Pot, Clears Path for Pardons

President makes thousands more people eligible to receive pardons for marijuana-related crimes

(Newser) - President Biden is making thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia eligible for pardons, the White House said Friday, in his latest round of executive clemencies meant to rectify racial disparities in the justice system....

Inside the Strange History of Pardoning Turkeys

It started with lobbyists giving presidents dinner, but it spun out to an unusual tradition

(Newser) - Each year before Thanksgiving, a turkey or two is pardoned by the sitting US president—and while this tradition has become a signal that it's almost time to stuff ourselves with pie, it's also fairly new. NPR breaks down some of the puzzling aspects of the turkey pardon,...

Biden's Birthday Keeps His Age in the Spotlight

President turns 81 on Monday, with conversation continuing on whether he's too old to run

(Newser) - It's set to be a busy day at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on Monday, with a trio of noteworthy events taking place: the annual pre-Thanksgiving pardoning of turkeys, the delivery of the White House's Christmas tree, and the 81st birthday of President Biden, already the oldest president in America'...

For Trump, the Georgia Case Holds a Big Threat
A Georgia Worry for Trump:
Pardon-Proof Charges
the rundown
Aug 14, 2023 10:25 AM CDT

A Georgia Worry for Trump: Pardon-Proof Charges

Former president is expected to be indicted on state charges soon

(Newser) - It looks like the fourth indictment of Donald Trump could come as soon as Tuesday , this time out of Georgia. There, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been investigating the former president's efforts to overturn his narrow 2020 election loss in the state. A grand jury is on...

Feds Say Fraudster Freed by Trump Went Back to Old Ways

Eliyahu Weinstein scammed investors with bogus deal, federal prosecutors say

(Newser) - A criminal freed by a pardon from former President Trump "picked up right where he left off" when he got out of prison in January 2021, federal prosecutors say. Eliyahu Weinstein, who was serving a 24-year-sentence in connection with two Ponzi schemes when Trump freed him, has been charged...

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