Republican senators struggled to defend Donald Trump’s decision to commute and pardon hundreds of January 6 protesters including those who were charged and convicted of crimes against police officers,
It’s not yet clear where lawmakers will be on the day of Trump’s inauguration after it was announced that the ceremony would be inside due to dangerously cold temperatures.
Congressional Republicans are looking to press on in scrutinizing some of those who received pardons from former President Biden in the last hours of his presidency. “Implication is that they
President Trump has signed an executive order sending 1,500 additional troops to the southern border, building off the actions he signed on Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced to reporters.
Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Tuesday criticized President Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of individuals who were convicted of assaulting police
Though Biden, for his part, explicitly indicated that he did not consider the acceptance of his pardon to be an admission of guilt, House Republicans considered their mere issuance to be indicative of some wrongdoing.
Prominent GOP senators on Tuesday condemned President Trump’s sweeping clemency for violent Jan. 6 convicts who destroyed the Capitol and attacked police officers. “I do not support pardons given to people who engaged in violence on January 6,
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., said that former President Biden’s decision to issue preemptive pardons to his family members at the end of his presidency “validates everything we found” in his investigation of the Biden family’s foreign business dealings, according to a report from The Hill.
The Texas real estate developer whose relationship with state Attorney General Ken Paxton was at the center of the Republican’s historic impeachment trial in 2023 has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of lying to a financial institution.
President Trump's top advisers have discussed ousting independent watchdogs -- known as inspectors general -- at multiple federal agencies, sources tell ABC News.
Congressional Republicans are looking to press on in scrutinizing some of those who got pardons from former President Biden in the last hours of his presidency. “Implication is that they needed
N.J., have approached the White House on his behalf multiple times since the fall to see if President Joe Biden might be willing to pardon him, according to four people familiar with the discussions.