President Donald Trump granted a second pardon to Daniel Edwin Wilson, a defendant convicted for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, because of a separate conviction for illegally possessing firearms, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. Wilson remained in jail despite an earlier sweeping clemency order for individuals linked to the…
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday sent a letter to Israel’s president asking him to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a long-running corruption trial that has bitterly divided the country. President Donald Trump talks with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem.(AP)…
President Donald Trump says he has no idea who the money-laundering crypto billionaire he pardoned actually is. Trump last month pardoned Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, who pled guilty to money-laundering violations that allowed criminal groups to move money connected to drug trafficking and child abuse. The pardon came just months after Binance, a crypto…
President Donald Trump‘s refusal to rule out pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell for her sex trafficking conviction has sparked fury within the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement. Writing on X, right-wing figures with large social media followings reacted with anger after Trump said he would “take a look” at a pardon for Maxwell, who is serving…
Donald Trump said that Sean “Diddy” Combs asked him for a pardon, but the president gave no indication that he was going to grant him one. Combs was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday, after he was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Speaking to reporters in the…