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Michelino Sunseri, right, accepts a ceremonial belt buckle from Andy Anderson on Sept. 6, 2024, in Truckee, Calif., after breaking Anderson's record time for running up and down Grand Teton mountain in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming a few days earlier. (Michelino Sunseri via AP)
Nov 11, 2025

Trump pardons man who took brief detour as he ran up and down Wyoming’s Grand Teton in record time

President Donald Trump pardoned a trail runner who briefly took a prohibited trail on his way to a record time up and down Grand Teton.

Rudy Giuliani, right, arrives at federal court in Washington on Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Nov 10, 2025

Trump pardons Giuliani, others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election

President Donald Trump has pardoned Rudy Giuliani and others accused of backing efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a DOJ official says.

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, enters the Federal Courthouse in Seattle on April 30, 2024. (Ellen M. Banner /The Seattle Times via AP)
Oct 23, 2025

Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

President Donald Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos arrives at federal court for sentencing in Central Islip, New York, on April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Oct 17, 2025

Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case

President Donald Trump commuted former Rep. George Santos’ seven-year prison sentence for fraud and identity theft, granting him immediate release.

Gov. Wes Moore announced announced up to $400 million in state investments in communities that have been impacted by exclusionary policies and the addition of nearly 7,000 more pardons for certain cannabis convictions (Courtesy Gov. Wes Moore's office)
Jun 20, 2025

Moore announces $400M grants, 6,900 cannabis pardons

Gov. Wes Moore unveiled $400M in grants for communities harmed by racism and issued 6,900 new cannabis pardons during a Juneteenth event.

Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Jun 10, 2025

MD man pardoned after Jan. 6 riot to be released, despite separate gun conviction

A Baltimore County man who was pardoned for his conduct at the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and pleaded guilty to an unrelated firearms charge will go free.

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is flanked by Dominic Pezzola, left, and Joseph Biggs, right, at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Jun 9, 2025

5 Proud Boys sue US government over Jan. 6 prosecutions

Five members of the Proud Boys claim in a lawsuit that their constitutional rights were violated when they were prosecuted for their participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Former Rep. Michael Grimm arrives to his polling site in the Staten Island borough of New York on June 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
May 29, 2025

Trump issues series of pardons for politicians, union leader, rapper, more

President Donald Trump issued a series of pardons to a former congressman, a governor, a rapper known as “NBA YoungBoy” and more.

Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
May 16, 2025

Jan. 6 pardon doesn’t apply to MD man’s firearm conviction, judge rules

A Maryland man’s firearm conviction is not covered by President Trump’s pardon for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, a judge ruled.

U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. speaks at a news conference May 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
May 14, 2025

Ed Martin Jr. is named Trump’s pardon attorney, says he will scrutinize pardons Biden issued

Ed Martin Jr., the Justice Department's new pardon attorney, said he plans to scrutinize pardons that former President Joe Biden issued.

Steven Cook said he assaulted multiple police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. He said the day was a display of First Amendment rights soured when unspecified government agents instigated violence. There has never been evidence supporting that claim. Here he stands for a recent portrait at the American Legion Post in Boonsboro. (Ariel Sheinberg/Capital News Service)
May 13, 2025

Pardoned Maryland Jan. 6 participants find support after convictions

Jan. 6 rioters from Maryland have received praise from GOP groups, raising concerns over political violence and shifts in Republican identity.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore holds up an executive order he signed to issue more than 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions on June 17, 2024, in Annapolis. Maryland Secretary of State Susan Lee is seated left. Standing left to right are Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, Shiloh Jordan and Jason Ortiz, director of strategic initiatives for Last Prisoner Project. (AP Phopto/Brian Witte)
Jun 17, 2024

Advocates see Moore’s marijuana pardons as major step to ‘rectify centuries of wrong’

Advocates see the 175,000 pardons that Gov. Wes Moore issued as one step in a broader shift in how people with cannabis-related convictions are viewed.

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