Virginia Governor Criticizes Biden for Commuting Sentences of 2 Men
The men had been acquitted by a jury of the murder of a police officer, but the judge had concluded that they had been involved and sentenced them to life in prison.
Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons
Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences
The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, will be the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a U.S. president.
Special Counsel Report on Hunter Biden Denounces President’s Criticism of Case
The report by the special counsel, David C. Weiss, criticized President Biden for making “baseless accusations” that threatened “the integrity of the justice system as a whole.”
After Trump’s Pardon, Paul Manafort Is Back and Looking for Foreign Work
The president-elect’s 2016 campaign chairman, four years after receiving clemency, is testing the international market with a team of Trump-linked consultants.
Biden Calls Meta’s Ending of Fact-Checking Program ‘Shameful’
Responding to a question from a reporter, the president said he believed Americans “want to tell the truth.”
Trump Again Hints at Jan. 6 Pardons, Including for Attacks on Police
At a news conference, the president-elect sought to blame the F.B.I. for the riot at the Capitol, echoing a conspiracy theory that is widespread on the right.
2 Prisoners Ask Judge to Block Biden’s Death Sentence Commutations
The men said that, by reducing their sentences to life in prison, President Biden’s act of clemency could hurt their appeals.