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the $10M fine is per 2022 sentencing news coverage." }, { "id": "2025-03-27-benjamin-delo", "name": "Benjamin Delo", "display": "Ben Delo", "slug": "benjamin-delo", "date": "2025-03-27", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Violation of the Bank Secrecy Act", "category": "crypto", "court": "Southern District of New York", "sentence": "30 months' probation (June 15, 2022)", "sentenceMonths": 0, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": 10000000, "forfeiture": null, "who": "BitMEX co-founder", "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1394981/dl?inline", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founder-and-ceo-shore-cryptocurrency-derivatives-platform-sentenced-violating-bank" ], "note": "DOJ's own pardon-list entry for Delo omits this fine, listing only '30 months probation' (see note on Hayes); $10M figure per 2022 sentencing news coverage." }, { "id": "2025-03-27-gregory-dwyer", "name": "Gregory Dwyer", "display": "Gregory Dwyer", "slug": "gregory-dwyer", "date": "2025-03-27", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Violating the Bank Secrecy Act", "category": "crypto", "court": "Southern District of New York", "sentence": "One year's probation; 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The CFTC separately imposed a $10 million civil penalty; that is a different case and isn’t affected by a pardon." }, { "id": "2025-03-27-trevor-milton", "name": "Trevor Milton", "display": "Trevor Milton", "slug": "trevor-milton", "date": "2025-03-27", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Securities fraud; wire fraud (two counts)", "category": "fraud/financial", "court": "Southern District of New York", "sentence": "48 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; (December 18, 2023)", "sentenceMonths": 48, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": 1000000, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Founder of Nikola, the hydrogen-truck company", "office": null, "connections": [ "He and his wife gave $920,000 to the Trump 47 Committee in October 2024, plus about $750,000 to a pro-Kennedy super PAC.", "His lawyer, Brad Bondi, is the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi.", "Trump on Milton: “He supported Trump. He liked Trump.”" ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1395001/dl?inline", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/trevor-milton-sentenced-four-years-prison-securities-fraud-scheme", "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-how-much-retail-investors-allegedly-lost-from-trevor-milton-who-says-he-was-pardoned-50b57ff2", "https://apnews.com/article/nikola-trevor-milton-prison-sentence-electric-trucks-b566d493e79fbccc3e35f3b6b57819c2", "https://apnews.com/article/nikola-trevor-milton-fraud-trump-pardon-3fcebb0a3820cecb205656f2dc3f6764", "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/business/trump-trevor-milton-pardon.html", "https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-pardons-shortchanged-fraud-victims-millions-dollars-restitution/story?id=122747969", "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardons-nikola-trevor-milton-ceo-securities-fraud-electric-vehicle.html", "https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-pardons-nikola-founder-trevor-milton/" ], "note": "Two weeks before the pardon, prosecutors asked the judge to order $680 million in restitution to Nikola shareholders and $15.2 million to another victim. The pardon ended the case before the judge could rule." }, { "id": "2025-03-28-carlos-watson", "name": "Carlos Roy Watson", "display": "Carlos Watson", "slug": "carlos-watson", "date": "2025-03-28", "type": "commutation", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theft", "category": "fraud/financial", "court": "Eastern District of New York", "sentence": "116 months' imprisonment; two years' supervised release; $36,769,153.97 restitution (as amended January 6, 2025) (December 16, 2024)", "sentenceMonths": 116, "life": false, "restitution": 36769153.97, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Founder of Ozy Media", "office": null, "connections": [ "Cultivated Trump allies, including pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson, according to Puck." ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1395031/dl?inline", "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8nzm63pzdo", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/carlos-watson-founder-and-former-ceo-ozy-media-inc-sentenced-116-months-prison-leading", "https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/ozy-media-shuts-carlos-watson-securities-fraud-charges-1235540546/", "https://www.wsj.com/business/entrepreneurship/ozy-media-and-ceo-carlos-watson-convicted-of-fraud-55d90699", "https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/carlos-watson-trump-commute-prison-sentence-ozy-media-fraud-1236351619/", "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-commutes-sentences-of-ozy-media-founder-carlos-watson-and-company.html", "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-commutes-sentence-ozy-media-founder-carlos-watson-rcna198667", "https://puck.news/how-ozys-carlos-watson-secured-his-trump-presidential-pardon/" ], "note": "Also ordered to forfeit roughly $60 million. The commutation came hours before he was due to report to prison." }, { "id": "2025-03-28-jason-galanis", "name": "Jason Galanis", "display": "Jason Galanis", "slug": "jason-galanis", "date": "2025-03-28", "type": "commutation", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to commit securities fraud (two counts); securities fraud; investment adviser fraud / Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud; conspiracy to commit investment adviser fraud", "category": "fraud/financial", "court": "Southern District of New York", "sentence": "189 months’ imprisonment (resentenced September 24, 2020); $80,817,513.43 restitution; $80,869,117.10 forfeiture", "sentenceMonths": 189, "life": false, "restitution": 80817513.43, "fines": null, "forfeiture": 80869117.1, "who": "Financier convicted in two securities-fraud schemes, including one that defrauded a Native American tribal entity", "office": null, "connections": [ "Cooperated with House Republicans’ inquiry into the Biden family.", "Retained Mark Paoletta, a lawyer Trump later tapped for a top budget-office post." ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1395021/dl?inline", "https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/trump-pardons-jason-galanis-fraud-00262087", "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/politics/trump-hunter-biden-jason-galanis.html", "https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-pardons-shortchanged-fraud-victims-millions-dollars-restitution/story?id=122747969", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/jason-galanis-sentenced-manhattan-federal-court-multiple-securities-fraud-schemes", "https://abcnews.com/US/trump-grants-clemency-2-hunter-bidens-associates/story?id=120349469" ], "note": "The DOJ clemency table lists his original 2017 sentences, which were vacated. The figures here are from the 2020 resentencing. The commutation warrant says “no further fines, restitution, probation, or other conditions.”" }, { "id": "2025-03-28-ozy-media", "name": "Ozy Media, Inc.", "display": "Ozy Media", "slug": "ozy-media", "date": "2025-03-28", "type": "commutation", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud", "category": "fraud/financial", "court": "Eastern District of New York", "sentence": "One year's probation; $36,769,153.97 restitution (January 6, 2025)", "sentenceMonths": 0, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Carlos Watson’s defunct media company", "office": null, "connections": [ "In March 2025, following advocacy efforts by Alice Marie Johnson and Glenn E." ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1395026/dl?inline", "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8nzm63pzdo", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/carlos-watson-founder-and-former-ceo-ozy-media-inc-sentenced-116-months-prison-leading", "https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/ozy-media-shuts-carlos-watson-securities-fraud-charges-1235540546/", "https://www.wsj.com/business/entrepreneurship/ozy-media-and-ceo-carlos-watson-convicted-of-fraud-55d90699", "https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/carlos-watson-trump-commute-prison-sentence-ozy-media-fraud-1236351619/", "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-commutes-sentences-of-ozy-media-founder-carlos-watson-and-company.html" ], "note": "Restitution is shared with Carlos Watson and counted on his row." }, { "id": "2025-04-23-michele-fiore", "name": "Michele Fiore", "display": "Michele Fiore", "slug": "michele-fiore", "date": "2025-04-23", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to commit wire fraud; wire fraud (six counts)", "category": "fraud/financial", "court": "District of Nevada", "sentence": "Pardoned before sentencing", "sentenceMonths": null, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Nevada judge and former Las Vegas city councilwoman, known as “Lady Trump”", "office": "Las Vegas City Council (former); Pahrump justice of the peace", "connections": [ "The White House statement said she was targeted for her “outspoken conservative views.”" ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1397926/dl?inline", "https://news3lv.com/news/local/michele-fiore-found-guilty-on-all-counts-in-federal-wire-fraud-case", "https://apnews.com/article/trump-pardon-michele-fiore-nevada-fraud-cf56ef8b302b8111e47cf52d5a606d19", "https://www.courthousenews.com/nevada-judge-pardoned-by-trump-takes-case-to-state-supreme-court/", "https://news3lv.com/news/local/trump-pardons-michele-fiore-noting-her-conservative-advocacy-amid-wire-fraud-conviction", "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-pardons-michele-fiore-las-vegas-nevada-politician-fraud" ], "note": "Convicted of diverting money raised for a memorial statue to a slain police officer. Pardoned three weeks before sentencing, so no restitution was ever ordered." }, { "id": "2025-04-23-paul-walczak", "name": "Paul Walczak", "display": "Paul Walczak", "slug": "paul-walczak", "date": "2025-04-23", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Willful failure to pay trust fund taxes; failure to file return/information", "category": "tax", "court": "Southern District of Florida", "sentence": "18 months' imprisonment; two years' supervised release; $4,381,265.76 restitution (April 11, 2025)", "sentenceMonths": 18, "life": false, "restitution": 4381265.76, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Florida health-care executive", "office": null, "connections": [ "His mother, Republican donor Elizabeth Fago, attended a $1-million-per-person fundraising dinner at Mar-a-Lago less than three weeks before the pardon.", "Pardoned 12 days after he was sentenced." ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1397931/dl?inline", "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/owner-florida-health-care-companies-sentenced-employment-tax-crimes", "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/politics/donor-list-suggests-scale-of-trumps-pay-for-access-operation.html", "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html", "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5319932-trump-pardon-paul-walczak/", "https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-pardons-paul-walczak-mother-fundraiser-1235348794/" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-05-27-james-callahan", "name": "James Callahan", "display": "James Callahan", "slug": "james-callahan", "date": "2025-05-27", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Filing false labor union reports", "category": "other", "court": "District of Columbia", "sentence": null, "sentenceMonths": null, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Former president of the International Union of Operating Engineers", "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1401746/dl?inline", "https://apnews.com/article/james-callahan-union-trump-pardon-9caa702512cf98fc9274c2bfea8e5b5e" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-05-27-scott-jenkins", "name": "Scott Howard Jenkins", "display": "Scott Jenkins", "slug": "scott-jenkins", "date": "2025-05-27", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds, honest services mail fraud, and honest service wire fraud; honest services mail fraud; honest services wire fraud (three counts); bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds (seven counts)", "category": "public corruption", "court": "Western District of Virginia", "sentence": "120 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $600 fine (March 21, 2025)", "sentenceMonths": 120, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": 600, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Former sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia", "office": "Sheriff of Culpeper County, Va.", "connections": [ "Convicted of taking bribes from businessmen who were then sworn in as auxiliary deputies." ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1401641/dl?inline", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdva/pr/former-culpeper-sheriff-sentenced-10-years-federal-bribery-charges", "https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/culpeper-county-ex-sheriff-sentenced-to-10-years-in-bribes-for-badges-case/3873403/", "https://wjla.com/news/local/presidental-donald-trump-pardons-former-culpeper-sheriff-scott-jenkins-75000-bribes-rick-rahim-fredric-gumbinner-james-metcalf-undercover-fbi-agents-conspiracy-bribery-concerning-programs-receiving-federal-funds-10-year-prision-sentence-biden-doj-deputy", "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trumps-pardons-highlight-justice-departments-pullback-public-corruptio-rcna209202", "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/26/trump-pardons-sheriff-bribes/", "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-hes-pardoning-a-virginia-sheriff-convicted-on-bribery-charges/" ], "note": "Accepted $75,000+ in cash/campaign contributions for 'cash for badges' deputy appointments; no fine, restitution, or forfeiture figure was reported in DOJ or press coverage reviewed." }, { "id": "2025-05-28-anabel-valenzuela", "name": "Anabel Valenzuela", "display": "Anabel Valenzuela", "slug": "anabel-valenzuela", "date": "2025-05-28", "type": "commutation", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; conspiracy to commit money laundering; criminal forfeiture (two counts)", "category": "drugs", "court": "Hawaii", "sentence": "384 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (January 5, 2009)", "sentenceMonths": 384, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": null, "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1401986/dl?inline" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-05-28-charles-scott", "name": "Charles Overton Scott", "display": "Charles Scott", "slug": "charles-scott", "date": "2025-05-28", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud", "category": "fraud/financial", "court": "Northern District of Ohio", "sentence": "42 months' imprisonment; two years' supervised release; $5,000 fine; $500,000 restitution (February 12, 2025)", "sentenceMonths": 42, "life": false, "restitution": 500000, "fines": 5000, "forfeiture": null, "who": null, "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1402071/dl?inline", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/ohio-and-virginia-men-convicted-conspiracy-commit-securities-fraud" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-05-28-charles-tanner", "name": "Charles Lavar Tanner", "display": "Charles Tanner", "slug": "charles-tanner", "date": "2025-05-28", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; attempt to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine", "category": "drugs", "court": "Northern District of Indiana", "sentence": "360 months' imprisonment (as amended) (commuted to expire on October 21, 2020); 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bank fraud (five counts); conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Laws; tax evasion", "category": "fraud/financial", "court": "Northern Georgia", "sentence": "144 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $17,270,741.57 restitution (November 21, 2022)", "sentenceMonths": 144, "life": false, "restitution": 17270741.57, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Reality TV star (“Chrisley Knows Best”)", "office": null, "connections": [ "Daughter Savannah Chrisley spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention about her parents’ prosecution.", "Trump called Savannah personally to tell her about the pardons." ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1401921/dl?inline", "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-officially-pardons-reality-tv-stars-todd-julie/story?id=122284770", "https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-julie-chrisley-todd-atlanta-business-994090f5f18e0dd2bfd1e95c3521c85f", "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pardons-drive-big-burgeoning-business-lobbyists-rcna209801", "https://www.npr.org/2024/07/16/nx-s1-5042512/reality-star-savannah-chrisley-parents-rnc", "https://abcnews.com/US/trumps-pardons-shortchanged-fraud-victims-millions-dollars-restitution/story?id=122747969" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-05-29-edward-sotelo", "name": "Edward Ruben Sotelo", "display": "Edward Sotelo", "slug": "edward-sotelo", "date": "2025-05-29", "type": "commutation", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy; continuing criminal enterprise; possession with intent to distribute 1 kilogram of cocaine, aiding and abetting (two counts); use of telephone to facilitate commission of a felony (three counts); possession with intent to distribute 10 pounds of marijuana, and aiding and abetting; distribution of more than five kilograms of cocaine and aiding and abetting", "category": "drugs", "court": "Northern Texas", "sentence": "Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $50,000 fine (August 17, 1995)", "sentenceMonths": null, "life": true, "restitution": null, "fines": 50000, "forfeiture": null, "who": null, "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1402111/dl?inline", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1402116/dl?inline" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-05-29-jeremy-hutchinson", "name": "Jeremy Young Hutchinson", "display": "Jeremy Hutchinson", "slug": "jeremy-hutchinson", "date": "2025-05-29", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to commit bribery / Aiding and abetting filing of false income tax return / Conspiracy; criminal forfeiture of property", "category": "public corruption", "court": "Eastern Arkansas / Western Missouri", "sentence": "18 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $224,497.10 restitution (February 3, 2023) / 28 months' imprisonment (consecutive); three years' supervised release (concurrent); $131,038 restitution (February 3, 2023) / 50 months' imprisonment (consecutive); three years' supervised release (April 23, 2023)", "sentenceMonths": 96, "life": false, "restitution": 355535.1, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Former Republican Arkansas state senator", "office": "Arkansas state senator", "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1402121/dl?inline", "https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2025/06/02/donald-trump-pardons-former-arkansas-senator-jeremy-hutchinson-bribery/83989878007/" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-05-29-joe-sotelo", "name": "Joe Angelo Sotelo", "display": "Joe Sotelo", "slug": "joe-sotelo", "date": "2025-05-29", "type": "commutation", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy; possession with intent to distribute one kilogram of cocaine and aiding and abetting", "category": "drugs", "court": "Northern District of Texas", "sentence": "Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (August 17, 1995)", "sentenceMonths": null, "life": true, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": null, "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1402116/dl?inline" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-10-01-imaad-zuberi", "name": "Imaad Shah Zuberi", "display": "Imaad Zuberi", "slug": "imaad-zuberi", "date": "2025-10-01", "type": "commutation", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act; tax evasion; foreign, conduit, and other illegal campaign contributions; tampering with a witness, victim or informant (obstruction of justice)", "category": "foreign agent", "court": "Central California", "sentence": "144 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $1,750,000 fine; $15,705,080.11 restitution (February 18, 2021)", "sentenceMonths": 144, "life": false, "restitution": 15705080.11, "fines": 1750000, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Venture capitalist and political donor", "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1415926/dl?inline" ], "note": "Second commutation for the same sentence." }, { "id": "2025-10-17-george-santos", "name": "George Anthony Devolder Santos", "display": "George Santos", "slug": "george-santos", "date": "2025-10-17", "type": "commutation", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Wire Fraud - The Party Program Scheme; aggravated identity theft", "category": "fraud/financial", "court": "Eastern New York", "sentence": "87 months' imprisonment; two years' supervised release; $373,749.97 restitution (April 25, 2025)", "sentenceMonths": 87, "life": false, "restitution": 373749.97, "fines": null, "forfeiture": 205002.97, "who": "Former Republican congressman from New York, expelled from the House", "office": "U.S. Representative (N.Y.)", "connections": [ "Trump on Truth Social: Santos “had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!”", "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene lobbied publicly for the commutation." ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1416476/dl?inline", "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/politics/trump-george-santos-sentence-commute.html", "https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/santos-s-fines-restitution-wiped-out-by-trump-clemency-order/ar-AA1OQIxb", "https://www.npr.org/2026/06/02/nx-s1-5843371/george-santos-kalshi-insider-trading-investigation", "https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5846966/george-santos-kalshi-threats", "https://apnews.com/article/trump-george-santos-commutation-pardon-8ae46d6351cefe01d79f74920521b7a2", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/ex-congressman-george-santos-sentenced-87-months-prison-wire-fraud-and-aggravated", "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5564409-george-santos-trump-clemency-fines-restitution/" ], "note": "Commuted less than three months into an 87-month sentence, with “no further fines, restitution, probation, supervised release, or other conditions.”" }, { "id": "2025-10-21-changpeng-zhao", "name": "Changpeng Zhao", "display": "Changpeng Zhao", "slug": "changpeng-zhao", "date": "2025-10-21", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program", "category": "crypto", "court": "Western Washington", "sentence": "Four months' imprisonment; $50,000,000 fine (April 30, 2024)", "sentenceMonths": 4, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": 50000000, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Founder of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange", "office": null, "connections": [ "Abu Dhabi’s MGX used USD1, the stablecoin of the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial, to pay for a $2 billion investment in Binance.", "Binance hired lobbyist Ches McDowell, who is close to Donald Trump Jr.", "Trump later told 60 Minutes he had “no idea who he is.”" ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1416576/dl?inline", "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/technology/trump-pardons-cz-binance.html", "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/business/binance-trump-crypto.html", "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7ek63e5xyo", "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-01/trump-linked-stablecoin-used-for-mgx-s-2-billion-binance-deal", "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/11/addressing-trumps-claims-about-the-pardon-of-binance-founder/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changpeng_Zhao" ], "note": "He had already served his four months and paid the $50 million fine. The pardon clears the conviction; it doesn’t refund the fine." }, { "id": "2025-11-07-cade-cothren", "name": "Cade Cothren", "display": "Cade Cothren", "slug": "cade-cothren", "date": "2025-11-07", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to defraud the United States; honest services wire fraud (six counts); use of fictitious name to carry out unlawful business; conspiracy to commit money laundering; money laundering (seven counts)", "category": "public corruption", "court": "Middle Tennessee", "sentence": "30 months' imprisonment; one year's imprisonment; $25,000 fine (September 16, 2025)", "sentenceMonths": 30, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": 25000, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Former chief of staff to Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada", "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1417056/dl?inline", "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pardons-former-tennessee-house-speaker-aide-convicted-federal-co-rcna242544", "https://www.wsmv.com/2025/09/17/former-house-speakers-top-aide-cade-cothren-sentenced-nearly-3-years-jail/", "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardons-tennessee-glen-casada-cade-cothren-corruption-charges/" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-11-07-darryl-strawberry", "name": "Darryl Strawberry, Sr.", "display": "Darryl Strawberry", "slug": "darryl-strawberry", "date": "2025-11-07", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Income tax evasion", "category": "tax", "court": "Southern New York", "sentence": "Three years' probation, conditioned upon six months' home confinement and 100 hours' community service (April 24, 1995)", "sentenceMonths": 0, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Former Mets and Yankees outfielder", "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1417061/dl?inline", "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/trump-pardons-darryl-strawberry-tax-evasion.html" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-11-07-glen-casada", "name": "Glen Casada", "display": "Glen Casada", "slug": "glen-casada", "date": "2025-11-07", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to defraud the United States; 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A presidential pardon does not reach the state cases, so this one is mostly symbolic." ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1420861/dl?inline", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_in_the_second_Trump_presidency" ], "note": "Covers people who were never federally charged." }, { "id": "2025-11-07-troy-lake", "name": "Troy Lake", "display": "Troy Lake", "slug": "troy-lake", "date": "2025-11-07", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act", "category": "environmental", "court": "Colorado", "sentence": "12 months and one day's imprisonment; $2,500 fine (December 5, 2024)", "sentenceMonths": 12, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": 2500, "forfeiture": null, "who": null, "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1417081/dl?inline", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/windsor-colorado-business-owner-and-company-sentenced-conspiring-delete-emissions" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-11-12-joe-lewis", "name": "Joseph Lewis", "display": "Joe Lewis", "slug": "joe-lewis", "date": "2025-11-12", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud (two counts)", "category": "fraud/financial", "court": "Southern New York", "sentence": "Three years' probation; $5,000,000 fine; $400,000 restitution (as amended) (April 4, 2024)", "sentenceMonths": 0, "life": false, "restitution": 400000, "fines": 5000000, "forfeiture": null, "who": "British billionaire and former owner of Tottenham Hotspur", "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1419376/dl?inline", "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c740g7429l1o", "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-13/trump-pardons-uk-billionaire-joe-lewis-over-insider-trading" ], "note": "Insider trading. He had already paid the fine." }, { "id": "2025-11-14-daniel-wilson", "name": "Daniel Edwin Wilson", "display": "Daniel Wilson", "slug": "daniel-wilson", "date": "2025-11-14", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Possession of a firearm by a prohibited person; possession of an unregistered firearm", "category": "January 6", "court": "District of Columbia", "sentence": "60 months' imprisonment; 36 months' supervised release (August 28, 2024)", "sentenceMonths": 60, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": "January 6 defendant", "office": null, "connections": [ "One of two J6 defendants (with Elias Costianes) whom attorney Peter Ticktin recommended for clemency alongside Oath Keepers/Proud Boys leaders in May 2025, despite being imprisoned on unrelated charges" ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1418291/dl?inline", "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/politics/trump-pardons-jan-6.html", "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-pardon-attorney-stewart-rhodes-application_n_6836d3b3e4b036203879a84d" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-11-14-joseph-schwartz", "name": "Joseph Schwartz", "display": "Joseph Schwartz", "slug": "joseph-schwartz", "date": "2025-11-14", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Willful failure to pay over employment taxes; failure to file the Annual 5500 Report", "category": "tax", "court": "New Jersey", "sentence": "36 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $100,000 fine; $5,000,000 restitution (April 10, 2025)", "sentenceMonths": 36, "life": false, "restitution": 5000000, "fines": 100000, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Nursing-home operator", "office": null, "connections": [ "Paid pardon brokers Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl $960,000, and a second lobbyist $100,000.", "Pardoned about three months into a three-year sentence." ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1418296/dl?inline", "https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt/h-care/owner-failed-nursing-home-chain-accused-38-million-tax-fraud-scheme-pl-rcna135015", "https://www.nj.com/news/2026/01/troubled-nj-nursing-home-mogul-out-of-prison-again-after-being-pardoned-by-trump.html", "https://www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients", "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardon-lobbyists-60-minutes/" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-11-14-suzanne-kaye", "name": "Suzanne Kaye", "display": "Suzanne Kaye", "slug": "suzanne-kaye", "date": "2025-11-14", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Interstate Communications - Threats", "category": "other", "court": "Southern Florida", "sentence": "18 months' imprisonment; two years' supervised release (April 21, 2023)", "sentenceMonths": 18, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": null, "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1418306/dl?inline", "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/politics/trump-pardons-jan-6.html" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2025-11-26-david-gentile", "name": "David Gentile", "display": "David Gentile", "slug": "david-gentile", "date": "2025-11-26", "type": "commutation", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; securities fraud; wire fraud (two counts)", "category": "fraud/financial", "court": "Eastern New York", "sentence": "Seven years' imprisonment; three years' supervised release (May 9, 2025)", "sentenceMonths": 84, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": 15500000, "who": "Founder of GPB Capital", "office": null, "connections": [ "According to House Judiciary Democrats, he paid a Trump-connected intermediary $2.5 million to intercede with the White House." ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1419651/dl?inline", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/former-private-equity-executives-sentenced-prison", "https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/03/david-gentile-fraud-restitution-trump-00674963", "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/politics/trump-david-gentile-commutation.html", "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/politics/trump-fraudster-priest-investigation-brooklyn.html", "https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/new-judiciary-democrats-report-exposes-maga-s-cash-for-clemency-racket-which-gives-unrepentant-criminals-a-new-lease-on-life-and-leaves-victims-in-the-dust", "https://www.axios.com/2025/12/03/trump-lets-private-equity-exec-out-of-prison-early", "https://www.investmentnews.com/opinion/gpb-the-priest-and-a-get-out-of-jail-card/267448" ], "note": "Commuted after about 12 days in prison. The $15.5 million forfeiture figure comes from House Judiciary Democrats." }, { "id": "2025-12-01-juan-orlando-hernandez", "name": "Juan Orlando Hernandez", "display": "Juan Orlando Hernández", "slug": "juan-orlando-hernandez", "date": "2025-12-01", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States; possessing machine guns and destructive devices in furtherance of the cocaine importation conspiracy; conspiracy to use and carry machine guns and destructive devices", "category": "drugs", "court": "Southern New York", "sentence": "540 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $8,000,000 fine (June 26, 2024)", "sentenceMonths": 540, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": 8000000, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Former president of Honduras", "office": "President of Honduras", "connections": [ "Convicted of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. After the pardon he said he was “set up by the Biden Harris administration.”" ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1419806/dl?inline", "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/07/trump-drugs-pardons-hernandez-venezuela/", "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/02/nx-s1-5629181/trump-pardon-juan-orlando-hernandez", "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardon-lobbyists-60-minutes/" ], "note": "DOJ's own pardon-list entry explicitly labels this a '$8,000,000 fine' (not forfeiture); no separate restitution or forfeiture figure was reported. Contrasts with Trump's simultaneous rhetoric of military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats." }, { "id": "2025-12-02-henry-cuellar", "name": "Enrique Roberto Cuellar", "display": "Henry Cuellar", "slug": "henry-cuellar", "date": "2025-12-02", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": true, "offense": "Conspiracy (two counts); bribery (two counts); honest services wire fraud; honest services wire fraud conspiracy; money laundering conspiracy; money laundering (five counts)", "category": "public corruption", "court": "Southern Texas", "sentence": null, "sentenceMonths": null, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Democratic congressman from Texas", "office": "U.S. Representative (Texas)", "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1419976/dl?inline", "https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/henry-cuellar-donald-trump-pardon-bribery/" ], "note": "Indicted in 2024 on charges of taking about $600,000 in bribes linked to a Mexican bank and Azerbaijan’s state oil company. Pardoned before trial." }, { "id": "2025-12-02-imelda-cuellar", "name": "Imelda Rios Cuellar", "display": "Imelda Cuellar", "slug": "imelda-cuellar", "date": "2025-12-02", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": true, "offense": "Conspiracy (two counts); bribery (two counts); honest services wire fraud; honest services wire fraud conspiracy; money laundering conspiracy; money laundering (five counts)", "category": "public corruption", "court": "Southern Texas", "sentence": null, "sentenceMonths": null, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Wife of Rep. 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Pardoned before trial." }, { "id": "2025-12-05-tina-peters", "name": "Tina Peters", "display": "Tina Peters", "slug": "tina-peters", "date": "2025-12-05", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "“For those offenses she has or may have committed or taken part in related to election integrity and security during the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021”", "category": "2020 election", "court": null, "sentence": null, "sentenceMonths": null, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": "Former Mesa County, Colo., election clerk", "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/media/1420756/dl?inline", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1420756/dl?inline", "https://www.axios.com/2025/12/12/trump-tina-peters-pardon-colorado-election-truth-social", "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/us/politics/trump-tina-peters.html", "https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/08/trump-colorado-attorney-general-phil-weiser-revenge-campaign/", "https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/15/tina-peters-sentence-reduced-by-colorado-governor-jared-polis/", "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/politics/colorado-clemency-board-tina-peters.html", "https://www.denverpost.com/2026/07/01/jared-polis-fires-clemency-board-members-tina-peters/" ], "note": "Her conviction is a state conviction. A presidential pardon has no legal effect on it." }, { "id": "2026-01-15-adriana-camberos", "name": "Adriana Isabel Camberos", "display": "Adriana Camberos", "slug": "adriana-camberos", "date": "2026-01-15", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud; wire fraud and aiding and abetting (seven counts)", "category": "fraud/financial", "court": "Southern California", "sentence": "12 months and one day's imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $48,824,415.45 restitution (June 26, 2025)", "sentenceMonths": 12, "life": false, "restitution": 48824415.45, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": null, "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1424186/dl?inline", "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/us/politics/trump-fraudster-pardon.html" ], "note": "Restitution is shared with Andres Camberos." }, { "id": "2026-01-15-andre-routt", "name": "Andre Donnell Routt", "display": "Andre Routt", "slug": "andre-routt", "date": "2026-01-15", "type": "commutation", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Did knowingly and intentionally conspire, combine, confederate and agree together, with each other and with other persons to knowingly and intentionally distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine", "category": "drugs", "court": "Eastern Texas", "sentence": "Life imprisonment; 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three years' supervised release; $2,254,593.27 restitution; $15,000 fine (May 23, 2018)", "sentenceMonths": 5, "life": false, "restitution": 2254593.27, "fines": 15000, "forfeiture": null, "who": null, "office": null, "connections": [ "De Jong owned a portable toilet services company, and pleaded guilty in 2017 to illegally disposing of sludge in cities across Southern California." ], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1424181/dl?inline", "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/01/16/trump-pardons-south-bay-businesswoman-convicted-of-fraud-after-he-granted-her-clemency-once-before/" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2026-01-15-danny-conrad", "name": "Danny Preston Conrad", "display": "Danny Conrad", "slug": "danny-conrad", "date": "2026-01-15", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Embezzling by postal employee", "category": "fraud/financial", "court": "Southern Georgia", "sentence": "Three years' probation, conditioned upon 52 weeks' weekend jail time (August 28, 1979)", "sentenceMonths": 0, "life": false, "restitution": null, "fines": null, "forfeiture": null, "who": null, "office": null, "connections": [], "sources": [ "https://web.archive.org/web/20260920154034/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1424191/dl?inline" ], "note": null }, { "id": "2026-01-15-david-levy", "name": "David Levy", "display": "David Levy", "slug": "david-levy", "date": "2026-01-15", "type": "pardon", "preTrial": false, "offense": "Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; 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