Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardoned former combat medic Elor Azaria, who was convicted of shooting dead a badly wounded Palestinian attacker at close range in the occupied West Bank in 2016. The case divided Israel a decade ago and sparked intense national debate.
President Trump indicated he will not intervene in the Lindsay Clancy case after her attorney publicly requested a pardon following a mistrial. Trump characterized the Massachusetts murder case, in which Clancy is accused of killing her three children, as a 'state situation' that authorities must resolve.
Elizabeth Oyer, former U.S. pardon attorney, filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice and Attorney General Todd Blanche, alleging she was unlawfully terminated in March 2025 after refusing to recommend restoration of actor Mel Gibson's gun rights. Oyer was dismissed during an early wave of firings after the office of then-Deputy Attorney General Blanche asked her to add Gibson to a list of pardon candidates.
A federal judge reluctantly dismissed seditious conspiracy charges against members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group related to the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, while sharply criticizing the Justice Department for undoing the most serious convictions from the riot.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department, alleging the government is illegally withholding information about recipients of settlement payments from the Judgment Fund, potentially including pardoned January 6th defendants and Trump political allies.
