Opinion: If we want the president to have the power to pardon nonviolent offenses, we must accept that the president is empowered to pardon the rebels.

Meanwhile, a pardon, according to the DOJ, “should lessen the stigma arising from the conviction” and “is an expression of the President’s forgiveness and ordinarily is granted in recognit ...

A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s pardon of supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol ...

Why does the president have that power? According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a "pardon" is an expression of forgiveness and can help eliminate some of the consequences of a conviction.