Trump grants clemency to Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao following federal cryptocurrency conviction
Trump Grants Pardon to Binance’s Founder President Donald Trump has issued a pardon for Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the founder of Binance, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange worldwide. Zhao had previously pled guilty in 2023 to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by not keeping appropriate safeguards against money laundering. Additionally, he settled a Justice Department investigation by […]
Trump’s clemency order eliminates Santos’s fines and restitution
George Santos Avoids Additional Fines After Commution Former Representative George Santos (R-N.Y.) won’t face any more fines or restitution related to his conviction, according to a pardon order issued on Monday. Santos was freed on Friday following President Trump’s announcement that he had commuted the former lawmaker’s sentence. Santos had begun serving an 87-month term […]
Donald Trump Requests Israeli President to Grant Clemency to Benjamin Netanyahu
Trump Calls for Pardon of Netanyahu During Congressional Speech During a speech to Congress on Monday, President Donald Trump unexpectedly requested that Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces bribery charges. This appeal reportedly resonated well with the Israeli parliament. “Hey, I have an idea. Mr. President, why don’t you pardon […]
Arizona inmate Richard Djerf expresses remorse before execution — states he will not request clemency.
Arizona Prisoner Scheduled for Execution Apologizes for Past Crimes Richard Dergelf, an Arizona inmate set to be executed next month for the murders of four family members more than 30 years ago, has issued a statement expressing remorse for the suffering he caused. In a handwritten note released on Thursday, Dergelf mentioned that he wouldn’t […]
National Archives delivers disappointing news for certain individuals granted clemency under Biden’s administration
President Donald Trump made a statement asserting that Joe Biden’s recent “pardon” issued on March 17th was ineffective, claiming it was created by an autopen. He argued that Biden wasn’t aware of the pardons, suggesting that the necessary documents weren’t properly explained to him. The implication here is that individuals who might have committed crimes […]
Legal issues were raised regarding Biden’s late clemency pardons.
Newly uncovered communications between the Biden administration and Justice Department officials have raised questions about the legality of former President Joe Biden’s last-minute pardons. These documents, which were shared with Fox News Digital by the Surveillance Project, reveal concerns from career prosecutors regarding the unconventional and potentially problematic nature of the administration’s amnesty process. One […]
Biden’s Justice Department criticized the administration for granting clemency to ‘non-violent offenders’
Justice Department Officials Confused Over Mass Commutations Senior officials at the Justice Department have been grappling with the implications of a large-scale pardon affecting thousands of prisoners just before the current administration took office. Assistant Deputy Attorney General Brad Weinsheimer expressed his difficulty in understanding the commutations extended to approximately 2,500 federal inmates on January […]
Republicans challenge Biden’s use of autopen for issuing federal clemency orders
House Republicans are pushing for increased scrutiny over the approximately 1,500 commuting orders that President Joe Biden signed towards the end of his presidency, especially in light of reports indicating that an autopen was used for many of these signings. Jason Smith, the Republican chairman of the Ways & Means Committee, expressed concern in an […]
Man found guilty in the 1999 murder of an 8-year-old boy and his mother is released under Biden’s clemency directive.
A man involved in the brutal murder of an 8-year-old boy and his mother in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been released from prison, raising eyebrows and concerns. Adrian Peeler, now 49, and his younger brother Russell Peeler Jr. were behind the shooting deaths of Leroy “BJ” Brown and his mother, Karen Clark, back in 1999. Peeler […]
Biden explains the use of autopen for significant clemency choices in a NYT interview.
Former President Joe Biden recently clarified the use of autopens during his administration in an interview, addressing the controversy surrounding the technology. During this conversation with the New York Times, Biden discussed utilizing an automatic pen for his last presidential pardon at the end of his time in office. In those final weeks, he stated […]