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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

2025-01-23 Trump pardoned 2 DC officers who were 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 who blockaded clinic entrances, violated the FACE Act by severely harassing doctors and patients. 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 of 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. Trevor Milton was convicted of a massive fraud scheme. The DOJ sought over $600M in restitution. 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/

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

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

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 Carolina Amesty, an elected official in Florida was charged by the Justice Department for taking over $100,000 in fraudulent COVID-19 relief funds. She hired Pam Bondi’s brother Brad Bondi. In August 2025 the DOJ dropped all charges against her. 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 illegally claiming millions of dollars in tax incentives. Pam Bondi’s brother Brad Bondi was on his defense team. In August 2025 the DOJ dismissed charges against him. 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 Changpeng Zhao founder of Binance. Later in October 2025 Trump told 60 Minutes he didn’t know who the guy was. For context, Zhao was convicted of money laundering. Also for context, Binance helped facilitate a $2B purchase of World Liberty Financials’ stablecoin (founded by Trump’s sons).

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, aka Razzlekhan, who was convicted of laundering billions of dollars of Bitcoin in 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 he was sentenced for 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 ex-MLB star Darryl Strawberry who was 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 News outlets reported that a high profile J6-er John Banuelos was arrested on sexual assault and kidnapping charges. For context, Trump pardoned this person.

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. For context, David Gentile 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

2025-12-01 Trump announced plans to pardon Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez just ahead of current elections. Hernandez was in prison for directing a massive cocaine trafficking operation while holding the presidency from 2014 to 2022. He ran Honduras as a narco state and accepted millions of dollars in bribes. For context, Trump also threatened to cut off aid to Honduras if voters elected one of Hernandez’s rivals. Later Trump threatened there would be “Hell to Pay” if the Honduras presidential election results were changed, insinuating that there may be election tampering.

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/

2025-12-19 Trump pardoned Joseph Schwartz who was convicted of $38M in fraud.

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 other schemes.

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 February

2026-02-12 Trump pardoned 5 former NFL players for 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 The White House signed an executive order to eliminate fraud. The new task force will be chaired by JD Vance. The executive order claims immigration fraud, “staggering fraud and waste in Minnesota alone”, and assistance programs. One section of the order reads, “Making matters worse, the previous administration adopted policies that weakened the Federal Government’s oversight of State administration and distribution of Federal funds…”. It also states the Task Force would coordinate directly with Homeland Security. Not only does it specifically target the administration’s perceived threats; it outlines more Federal oversight and control. This executive order was signed by a President who had committed fraud and pardoned multiple fraudsters.

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