/tags/presidential-pardon Presidential pardon en-US WLRN Thu, 16 May 2019 07:58:08 GMT /2019-05-16/trump-pardons-his-friend-conrad-black-who-wrote-glowing-trump-biography-last-year The former media mogul was convicted of fraud in 2007 and served more than three years in prison. Black says Trump told him he was reversing an unjust verdict, not rewarding him for his support. Thu, 16 May 2019 07:58:08 GMT /2019-05-16/trump-pardons-his-friend-conrad-black-who-wrote-glowing-trump-biography-last-year Laurel Wamsley /2018-06-04/trump-i-have-absolute-power-to-pardon-myself-but-have-done-nothing-wrong President Trump followed a weekend filled with broad assertions of executive authority by stating on Twitter that he could absolve himself of wrongdoing. Mon, 04 Jun 2018 07:03:00 GMT /2018-06-04/trump-i-have-absolute-power-to-pardon-myself-but-have-done-nothing-wrong Scott Neuman, Philip Ewing /2018-05-27/trumps-moves-may-mark-a-new-era-of-the-celebrity-pardon Trump has issued four pardons in his first 16 months as president — including one this week of boxer Jack Johnson — outpacing his three most recent predecessors. Sun, 27 May 2018 11:01:00 GMT /2018-05-27/trumps-moves-may-mark-a-new-era-of-the-celebrity-pardon Ayesha Rascoe /2017-08-25/president-trump-pardons-former-sheriff-joe-arpaio Arpaio ignited national controversy over his detention of undocumented immigrants. He was convicted in July of criminal contempt for defying a judge's order to have his deputies stop such detentions. Sat, 26 Aug 2017 00:14:00 GMT /2017-08-25/president-trump-pardons-former-sheriff-joe-arpaio Amita Kelly