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Multiple contemporary news reports and legal analyses record that Donald J. Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in New York, making him the first U.S. president to b...
President Biden has not been shown to have issued broad pardons of “violent criminals”; public records and recent proclamations instead show targeted clemency actions—most notably a June 26, 2024 proc...
Public records list multiple dates on which President Joe Biden granted pardons; the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney shows clemency actions on April 26, 2022; Dec. 30, 2022; Sept. 1...
The U.S. Supreme Court has not ruled on whether an autopen signature invalidates presidential pardons or statutes; there is no controlling Supreme Court precedent on this precise issue and leading con...
During Barack Obama’s presidency, publicly available materials in the supplied set do not provide a detailed, direct account of daily conditions inside immigration detention centers; instead, the docu...
Only one former U.S. president has been criminally convicted in modern history: Donald J. Trump, whose 2024 conviction on business-records felonies was widely described as the first conviction of a fo...
Have there been instances where ICE uses tactics that resemble those used by terrorist organizations? The evidence shows , but key differences in intent, legal framework, and stated objectives separat...
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a sweeping clemency proclamation that commuted the prison sentences of 14 named individuals tied to the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers and granted full,...
The Constitution does not directly answer whether a president can face criminal prosecution; federal practice long treated a sitting president as immune from indictment while in office per Department ...
The name "Jasmine Gillooly" appears to conflate two distinct public figures in the available reporting: Jasmine Guillory, a bestselling American romance novelist widely covered in profiles and publish...
Donald Trump issued a sweeping clemency on January 20, 2025 that pardoned or commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 people charged or convicted in the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, and that action ...
Bill O’Reilly’s career and public reputation were sharply affected after multiple sexual‑harassment allegations and settlements became public: reporting and court records show at least six settlements...
The February 29, 2020 U.S.–Taliban "Doha" agreement required a phased, conditions‑based withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces within 14 months and secured Taliban commitments to prevent Afghan territory ...
The U.S. Supreme Court has not directly decided whether a presidential pardon can be validly signed by an autopen; instead, recent legal commentary, an Office of Legal Counsel opinion, and lower-court...
Federal officers have been embedded among crowds in multiple U.S. protests and riots in recent years, with documented instances ranging from plainclothes FBI agents at the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capito...
Several well-known political figures have been the subject of inquiries or grand‑jury scrutiny that did not result in convictions or sustained indictments: was informed he would not be charged after a...
News organizations have published original bystander and agent-shot footage of ICE operations on a mix of mainstream outlets and government-hosted libraries — examples include cell-phone clips first p...
Public reporting shows presidents across parties have used autopens for decades; the Office of Legal Counsel under George W. Bush concluded that a president may direct a subordinate (including by auto...
Legal precedent and practice treat autopen signatures as valid for many presidential acts, including legislation and routine letters; scholars and DOJ memoranda cited in recent reporting say there is ...
Donald Trump announced he would “terminate” any document he says former president Joe Biden signed with an autopen — claiming roughly 92% of Biden’s signatures were automated — and threatened perjury ...