President Trump has promised to attack drug gangs and called for the death penalty for street dealers. But he has also pardoned more than 20 people serving time for serious drug crimes, some involving violence.

President Trump is under fire from harsh criticism after he issued several controversial pardons this week. Former Trump administration Director of Communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault Newman joins Alex Witt to weigh in on Trump’s personal conduct in the office,

This week alone, Trump granted 19 pardons and eight commutations for various offenses. His clemency actions extended relief to reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, former Republican New York Rep. Michael Grimm, rapper NBA YoungBoy, and former Army Lt. Mark Bashaw, who was convicted in 2022 for disobeying COVID-19 mandates, among others.

Never shy about using his pardon ability for political leverage, Trump's spate of amnesty announcements suggests the White House is taking things to a new level

NBC News' Tom Winter and legal analyst Barbara McQuade join Morning Joe to report on President Trump’s controversial commutation of former gang leader Larry Hoover, described by prosecutors as the “chairman of the board” of the Gangster Disciples.

Donald Trump went on a pardoning spree this week, granting clemency to gang leaders, reality TV fraudsters, and various white-collar criminals. Among the colorful characters freed by the president were a conspicuous number of his own supporters and donors,

Alice Johnson is seen by some critics as providing "cover" for President Trump's policies that are actually harming Black communities.

President Donald Trump said Friday he would look into a possible pardon for Sean “Diddy” Combs, the music mogul who is currently on trial in New York for alleged sex trafficking and other crimes.

President Donald Trump's controversial move to pardon reality TV couple Todd and Julie Chrisley may pay off for them — but at the cost of the people they victimized in the first place. The post How Trump’s Controversial Pardon May Literally Pay Off for the Chrisleys — and Cost Their Victims first appeared on Mediaite.

Take a look at the most controversial presidential pardons in U.S. history, including Todd and Julie Chrisley, Hunter Biden and more

Many people first heard the term “autopen” when President Donald Trump accused his predecessor of using it illicitly earlier this spring. “The ‘Pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs,