Monday’s use of the presidential pardon by former President Joe Biden and President Trump have stretched the power’s bounds, legal scholars said.

Ulbricht could already be sitting on millions in Bitcoin, according to Conor Grogan, a director at the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. Grogan noted that around 430 BTC—worth ...

Trump's blanket pardon for Jan. 6 rioters isn't politically popular, it polls terribly. But he doesn’t care. Trump's a term-limited, 78-year-old man who already has what he wanted most, a ...

President Donald Trump has been back in the Oval Office for just a week, but he has already unleashed a flurry of executive actions designed to remake the government and country in his image. What ...

The mastermind behind the “Silk Road” online marketplace that facilitated millions of dollars of drug sales has been given a full and unconditional pardon by US President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump has offered a flurry of pardons since taking office earlier this week, including one for the Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht.

Trump and Biden have recently handed out thousands of pardons and commutations. Why does this Pardonapalooza feel so dirty?

Technically, Donald Trump broke his campaign promise by not freeing Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht on day one of his presidency. (No, inauguration day is not “day zero.”) But as I explained in my ...

When wielded responsibly, the presidential power to pardon and commute sentences is essential to right injustices. Controversy rightly arose after President Joe Biden, in his last minutes in ...

Ross Ulbricht, the controversial creator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, has been spotted beaming in a new photo after receiving a “full and unconditional ...

Until, of course, in 2013 the Silk Road was shut down by FBI agents and Mr Ulbricht, then 29 years old, was arrested in the ...

On January 21, 2025, renowned entrepreneur Elon Musk joined the growing chorus of voices advocating for Roger Ver’s pardon. Posting on X (formerly Twitter), Musk publicly questioned the charges ...