18 entries in the ledger
Among 11 pardons President Trump issued on July 3, 2026 was one for Adam Kidan, a former business partner of lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Kidan pleaded guilty in 2005 to fraud and conspiracy tied to the purchase of a fleet of...
On July 3, 2026, President Trump announced pardons for a group of people he said had been wrongfully prosecuted for "fixing their car," describing the cases as an act of "weaponization" by federal prosecutors. CBS News...
An NPR investigation published May 13, 2026 reported that the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section - created after Watergate to prosecute public corruption - has been reduced from about 40 full-time attorneys...
A review of clemency actions during the second term found a heavy concentration of white-collar offenders among those receiving pardons and commutations, including individuals convicted of fraud, corruption and...
On December 2, 2025, Trump posted on Truth Social that all documents, pardons, executive orders and other actions signed during Joe Biden's presidency using an autopen were "null, void, and of no further force or...
President Trump commuted the seven-year prison sentence of David Gentile, the former CEO and co-founder of GPB Capital Holdings, days after Gentile began serving time for a Ponzi-like scheme that raised more than $1.7...
President Trump pardoned former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who had been convicted in U.S. federal court of conspiring to traffic large quantities of cocaine into the United States. The pardon reversed the...
On November 10, 2025, President Trump issued pardons to Rudy Giuliani, former chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorney Sidney Powell, and dozens of others — reportedly around 77 people — involved in efforts to overturn the...
On November 6, 2025, President Trump pardoned former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his ex-chief of staff Cade Cothren, who had been convicted on federal corruption charges tied to a scheme to funnel over...
President Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had been convicted for failing to maintain an effective anti-money-laundering program at the cryptocurrency exchange he founded. The pardon reversed the legal...