Pardons

ABOUT PARDONS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crzxR8enx6o

2017

2017-01-20 Trump ordered 238 pardons and commutations in his first term. In his second year of his first term he ordered 2000.

https://www.prisonology.com/blog/trump-makes-news-with-more-pardons-and-commutations

2017-08-25 Trump pardoned Sheriff Joe Arpaio after Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt for defying a federal court order to stop racially profiling Latino motorists.

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-trump-pardons-sheriff-joe-arpaio/

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-comment-trump-pardon-joe-arpaio-0

2024

2024-05-01 Governor Greg Abbott gave a full pardon to Daniel Perry, the former US Army sergeant who murdered Garrett Foster during a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin Texas in July of 2020. Prior to Perry murdering a protestor, he posted online “I’m going to go kill a protester”.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/10/daniel-perry-murder-austin-protestor/

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/05/17/487842/gov-abbott-pardons-daniel-perry-who-was-convicted-of-killing-a-black-lives-matter-protester/#:~:text=Mikala%20Compton%20/%20Austin%20American%2DStatesman,the%20governor%20to%20issue%20one.

https://www.kut.org/crime-justice/2023-05-10/daniel-perry-sentence-garrett-foster-murder-black-lives-matter-protest-austin

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/bpp/Sgt_Perry_PR.pdf

https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2023/05/09/soldier-to-be-sentenced-for-murder-in-texas-protest-shooting/

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/14/daniel-perry-racist-comments-texas-shooting-austin-protester/#:~:text=Unsealed%20evidence%20shows%20racist%20comments,Travis%20County%20jury%20last%20week.

2025 January

2025-01-20 Trump blanket-pardoned J6ers.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/president-trumps-pardons-stick-taxpayers-bill-january-6-attack-oversight

2026-01-20 When Trump pardoned 1500 J6 insurrectionists (including Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio), he called them “hostages”. He pardoned several convicted of sedition including founder of the Oath Keeper militia Stuart Rhodes, and 600 people charged with assaulting law enforcement. Insurrectionists used shields, poles, and cattle prods.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-set-pardon-defendants-stormed-capitol-jan-6-2021-rcna187735

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y7l47xrpko

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ex-proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-tells-pbs-news-he-believes-hes-owed-tens-of-millions-from-doj-fund

2025-01-23 Trump pardoned two D.C. police officers convicted in a fatal crash.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-pardons-two-dc-officers-convicted-fatal-chase-20-year-old-man-co-rcna188920

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/president-trump-grants-clemency-dc-police-officer-convicted-death-20-year-old-black-man

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5101493-trump-pardons-dc-officers/

2025-01-23 Trump pardoned anti-abortion activists convicted under the FACE Act for blockading clinics and harassing patients and providers (Page 558 of Project 2025 outlines recommendations to question and/or dismantle the FACE Act.)

https://reproductiverights.org/trump-pardons-23-people-attacked-abortion-patients-clinics/

2025 March

2025-03-11 Trump pardoned Brian Kelsey who was convicted of $90K in campaign finance fraud.

https://tennesseelookout.com/briefs/former-tennessee-sen-brian-kelsey-gains-trump-pardon-two-weeks-after-heading-to-prison/

2025-03-21 Trump pardoned Jason Galanis who was convicted of $200M in fraud.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/trump-pardons-jason-galanis-fraud-00262087

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/03/05/trumpcriminals3/

2025-03-26 Trump pardoned Devon Archer who was convicted of a $60M tribal bond scheme involving the Oglala Sioux Nation.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/executive-grant-of-clemency-for-devon-archer/

https://tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/policy-and-law/15067-trump-pardons-devon-archer-who-defrauded-oglala-sioux-nation-of-60m

2025-03-27 Trump pardoned Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola, who was convicted of fraud. Prosecutors sought more than $600 million in restitution related to deceptive claims about the company’s electric trucks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9200it2zr9s&list=WL&index=5

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/trump-explains-pardon-of-utah-billionaire-trevor-milton-who-was-convicted-of-fraud

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardons-nikola-trevor-milton-ceo-securities-fraud-electric-vehicle.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/politics/trump-pardon-trevor-milton-nikola

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/19/donald-trump-pardons-trevor-milton-nikola/

https://www.wsj.com/business/trevor-milton-pardon-nikola-trump-3163e19c

2025-03-28 Trump pardoned Carlos Watson who was convicted of $60M in investor fraud.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/trump-clemency-ozy-media-co-founder-carlos-watson

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-commutes-sentences-of-ozy-media-founder-carlos-watson-and-company.html

2026-03-31 Several January 6 defendants pardoned by Trump were later charged with new offenses, including assault, harassment, and alleged murder plots.

PAY WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/opinion/trump-jan-6-pardons-crimes-recidivism.html

2025 April

2025-04-02 A federal judge dismissed criminal corruption charges against Eric Adams after the Trump DOJ ordered the charges to be dropped.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/eric-adams-case-dismissed-new-york-trump-doj.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/nyregion/trump-pardon-eric-adams.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/new-york-city-eric-adams-corruption-case-department-of-justice-brad-lander/

2025-04-23 Trump pardoned Michele Fiore who was convicted of $70M in charity fraud.

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1397926/dl?inline

https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/opinion-trumps-audacious-fiore-pardon-gets-buried-by-what-came-next

2025-04-23 Trump pardoned Paul Walczak who was convicted of $10M in tax fraud.

https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118796/documents/HHRG-119-GO00-20260107-SD067.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2025/05/29/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tied-gop-donations-biden-diary/83903747007

2025 May

2026-05-13 Trump announced he would pardon 250 more criminals for America’s 250th.

PAY WALL https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/white-house-explores-250-pardons-to-mark-americas-250th-20fccfbc

2025-05-27 Trump pardoned Todd and Julie Chrisley who were convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion in 2022. Their daughter advocated for the pardon, saying her parents were victims of a weaponized justice system because of their conservative views.

2025-05-27 Trump pardoned Scott Jenkins who was convicted of $75K in bribery and fraud.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwynp1lw0l7o

https://virginiamercury.com/2025/06/11/miyares-breaks-with-trump-over-pardon-of-convicted-ex-culpeper-sheriff/

2025-05-28 Trump pardoned Lawrence Duran who was convicted of $205M in Medicare fraud.

https://www.cato.org/blog/embarrassment-riches

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/03/05/trumpcriminals3/#

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1402041/dl?inline

2025 August

2025-08-06 Florida official Carolina Amesty was charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $100,000 in COVID-19 relief funds. After hiring Brad Bondi, Pam Bondi’s brother, the DOJ dropped the charges later that month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9200it2zr9s&list=WL&index=5

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/windermere-woman-charged-covid-relief-fraud

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/750470-amnesty-for-carolina-amesty-feds-wont-pursue-criminal-case-over-covid-loans-defense-lawyer-says/

2025-08-28 Real-estate developer Sid Chakraverty was charged with improperly claiming millions in tax incentives. After retaining Brad Bondi, the DOJ dismissed the charges later that month.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/pr/operators-lux-living-and-big-sur-construction-and-chief-accountant-indicted-wire-fraud

https://www.stlpr.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-10-01/how-developers-charged-with-fraud-in-st-louis-caught-a-break-from-trumps-u-s-attorney

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2024/09/20/operators-of-lux-living–big-sur-construction-indicted

https://min.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/min.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/brad-bondi-doj-intervention-letter-final-final.pdf

https://abcnews.com/US/doj-drops-charges-client-ag-pam-bondis-brother/story?id=125073335

2025 September

2025-09-18 During an oversight committee hearing, Representative Jasmine Crockett shed light on the extremely violent and disturbing sexual-assault offenses of multiple J6 members who were put back onto our streets by the Trump administration. Many of those sexual criminal cases involved children.

2025 October

2025-10-20 Trump commuted George Santos’ sentencing after 84 days.

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/20/nx-s1-5579580/trump-commuted-the-prison-sentence-of-george-santos-a-look-at-how-it-happened

2025-10-21 Trump pardoned J6 rioter Christopher Moynihan, who was arrested four days later for threatening to assassinate Hakeem Jeffries.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pardoned-capitol-rioter-charged-threatening-hakeem-jeffries-nyc-trump/

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/21/g-s1-94359/january-6-rioter-pardon-hakeem-jeffries-threat

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/jan-6-rioter-pardoned-by-trump-charged-with-threatening-to-kill-hakeem-jeffries

2025-10-23 Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had been convicted of money laundering. Later that month, Trump told 60 Minutes he did not know Zhao even though Binance facilitated a $2 billion purchase of a World Liberty Financial stablecoin founded by Trump’s family.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-binance-cryptocurrency-tycoon-he-pardoned-dont-know-who-he-is/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/crypto/binance-pardon-trump-changpeng-zhao-crypto-rcna239371

https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1981404850832494666

2025-10-27 Trump pardoned Heather Morgan (“Razzlekhan”), who was convicted of laundering billions in cryptocurrency tied to the 2016 Bitfinex hack.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/10/28/heather-razzlekhan-morgan-s-release-from-prison-wasn-t-us-white-house-says

https://cybernews.com/crypto/crypto-pardon-season-wife-bitfinex-hacker-released-prison/

2025 November

2025-11-07 Trump pardoned former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada after his conviction on fraud and corruption charges.

https://www.wjhl.com/news/regional/tennessee/former-tn-house-speaker-pardoned-by-president-trump-after-corruption-conviction/

2025-11-07 Trump pardoned former MLB star Darryl Strawberry, who had been convicted of tax evasion.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/politics/trump-pardons-mlb-great-darryl-strawberry-on-1995-tax-evasion-charge

2025-11-08 Prominent January 6 defendant John Banuelos, who had been pardoned by Trump, was arrested on sexual assault and kidnapping charges.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/capitol-riot-defendant-arrest-kidnapping-assault-banuelos-rcna242764

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/high-profile-us-capitol-riot-defendant-facing-charges-of-kidnapping-and-sexually-assaulting-woman/

2025-11-30 Trump commuted the sentence of fraudster David Gentile who was sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding thousands of investors by misrepresenting the performance of private equity firms.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-commutes-prison-sentence-former-private-equity-executive-127985735

https://www.wealthmanagement.com/regulation-compliance/trump-commutes-sentence-of-gpb-capital-founder-david-gentile

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7vmn61l75ro

2025 December

2025-12-19 Trump pardoned Joseph Schwartz, who was convicted in a $38 million nursing home fraud case and orchestrated a $39 million payroll tax scheme. In 2017, conditions at his facilities were so poor that inspectors found maggots on patients’ catheters and cited them for neglect. The pardon allowed Schwartz to avoid paying restitution to victims. Notably, he had donated more than $1 million to right-wing campaigns and Trump-connected lobbyists. Trump then effectively gave him a $5 million break, leaving nursing home victims unpaid.

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1418296/dl?inline

https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/19/nursing-home-owner-pardoned-by-trump-ordered-to-serve-state-sentence/

2026 January

2026-01-15 Trump pardoned Adriana Camberos who was convicted of $1M in counterfeit fraud.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/17/trump-pardon-woman-repeat-fraud

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1424186/dl?inline

https://inewsource.org/2026/01/16/trump-pardons-south-bay-fraud/

2026-01-16 Trump pardoned 21 repeat offenders of fraud, insider trading, finance violations, and related crimes.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-pardons-donor-twice-convicted-fraud-99263a04b8a60ce8c081b9c5feaffd2e

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/politics/wanda-vazquez-trump-pardon-puerto-rico

2026-01-20 Trump pardoned Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez who was convicted in 2024 of a violent narco-trafficking scheme. He helped flood the U.S. with over 400 tons of cocaine. He ran Honduras as a narco state and accepted millions of dollars in bribes. He said, allegedly, “We are going to stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses, and they’re never even going to know it”. Trump also threatened to cut off aid to Honduras if voters elected one of Hernandez’s rivals and threatened there would be “Hell to Pay” if the Honduras presidential election results were changed. In May 2026 leaked audio revealed that the US, Israel and Honduras were involved in a joint scheme together to target leftist governments in Latin America.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/12/01/trump-honduras-venezuela

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kpm0rvxepo

https://apnews.com/article/trump-hernandez-honduras-pardon-96ac8d1d44d438f64beb8b24ca54b651

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2dgp8mvmno

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251201-trump-warns-honduras-back-my-preferred-candidate-or-risk-losing-us-aid/

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/8/headlines/us_and_israel_worked_with_disgraced_ex_president_of_honduras_to_destabilize_leftist_governments

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/05/hondurasgate-leaked-audio-links-asfura-hernandez-trump-milei-netanyahu-in-anti-left-plot/

TIMESTAMP 7:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2p6lUw7Bx0&list=WL&index=1&t=9s

2026-01-20 Trump pardoned Andrew Paul Johnson, a Capitol-riot defendant who was later accused of sexually abusing a child and attempting to buy the child’s silence with a promised $10 million payment.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pardoned-capitol-rioter-tried-bribe-child-sex-victim-promise-jan-6-pay-rcna244627

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5725470/trump-jan-6-pardon-sexual-abuse-prison

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20260305/118995/HMKP-119-JU00-20260305-SD006.pdf

2026-01-20 Trump’s pardons eliminated approximately $1.3 billion in restitution owed to victims and survivors.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5354967-trumps-pardons-restitution-avoided-judiciary-report/

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jun/06/liz-oyer/donald-trump-pardons-wipe-out-billion-debts/

2026-01-20 Of the many clemency petitions submitted, Trump granted only 10 through the formal review process. All pardons followed a pattern: significant media attention, financial connections, or Trump’s personal interests and vanity.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-look-at-trumps-controversial-pardons-for-political-allies-and-loyalists

https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-trump-uses-pardons-benefit-rich-and-powerful

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/donald-trumps-pardon-economy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crzxR8enx6o

2026-01-21 Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road marketplace, which facilitated the sale of over 13,000 illegal substances online.

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1386096/dl?inline

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-s1-5270051/trump-pardons-dark-web-marketplace-creator-ross-ulbricht

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-webs-biggest-illegal-drug-marketplace-is-shut-down-by-the-fbi

2026 February

2026-02-09 Ghislaine Maxwell invoked the Fifth Amendment during a deposition. Her attorney stated she would be, ““prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump”.

https://abcnews.com/Politics/maxwell-expected-invoke-amendment-closed-virtual-house-oversight/story?id=129991066

https://www.cleveland13news.com/story/ghislaine-maxwell-invokes-fifth-amendment-in-congressional-hearing-offers-to-cooperate-if-trump-gra

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgv5yre39zo

2026-02-12 Trump pardoned five former NFL players convicted of crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-pardons-former-nfl-players-crimes-perjury-drug-trafficking-rcna258909

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trump-pardons-5-former-nfl-stars-wide-ranging-crimes

2026 March

2026-03-18 Trump signed an anti-fraud executive order creating a task force chaired by JD Vance. The order focused on immigration fraud, welfare programs, touts a claim of “staggering fraud and waste in Minnesota alone”, and alleged misuse of federal funds while expanding federal oversight and coordination with Homeland Security.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/establishing-the-task-force-to-eliminate-fraud/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-the-task-force-to-eliminate-fraud/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYOqdjApDtI&list=WL&index=6

2026 April

2026-04-14 The DOJ moved to vacate the most serious January 6 convictions involving members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. This would mean totally wiping violent crimes off record as though they had never happened.

https://abcnews.com/Politics/doj-moves-vacate-convictions-proud-boys-oath-keepers/story?id=132042992

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/doj-moves-to-erase-seditious-conspiracy-convictions-of-oath-keepers-proud-boys-in-jan-6-cases

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-moves-dismiss-jan-6-convictions-proud-boys-oath-keepers-seditious-conspiracy/

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5831248-justice-department-seeks-vacation-proud-boys-convictions/

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/15/g-s1-117473/justice-department-toss-seditious-conspiracy

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/14/department-of-justice-looks-to-throw-out-convictions-related-to-jan-6/89615190007/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/january-6-convictions-overturn-doj-proud-boys-oath-keepers