Legal experts argue that using presidential clemency before a verdict would overturn long-standing norms that reserve pardons for those who have accepted responsibility.

In his address to the Israeli parliament on Monday, President Donald Trump called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be pardoned from his fraud and bribery charges. Trump, who spoke for over an hour, joked with Netanyahu and said he wasn’t the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally requested a presidential pardon amid his long-running corruption trial. He casted himself as the target of a "deep state" campaign designed to force him from office.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the country's president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges — seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation.