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Interfering with the Judicial Process
Military, Espionage, War Crimes
Alex Adjmi (2021-Jan-20)
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Fred Keith Alford (2021-Jan-20)
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Weldon Hal Angelos (2020-Dec-22)
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Susan B. Anthony (2020-Aug-18)
Susan B. Anthony was a women's rights activist known for her efforts to allow women to vote in U.S. elections. She died in 1906.
Anthony was convicted of voting in the 1872 presidential election. She was fined $100, but vowed to never pay it.
A statement from the Susan B. Anthony museum decrying the pardon said, "To pay would have been to validate the proceedings. To pardon Susan B. Anthony does the same,"
For more, read the Washington Post story.
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Joe Arpaio (2017-Aug-25)
Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt for ignoring a federal judges orders.
For more, read the News in FiVe story.
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Michael Ashley (2021-Jan-20)
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Peter Y. Atkinson (2020-Dec-23)
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Mahmoud Reza Banki (2021-Jan-20)
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Stephen K. Bannon (2021-Jan-20)
Steve Bannon was an advisor to Trump.
In 2020 he was indicted for using donations to his nonprofit organization for his personal use. The organization was advertised as supporting the building of a border wall between the United States and Mexico.
His case had not yet gone to trial.
The White House statement described the charges against Bannon as "related to fraud stemming from his involvement in a political project." The statement also described Bannon as "an important leader in the conservative movement... known for his political acumen."
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Lynn Barney (2021-Jan-20)
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David Barren (2021-Jan-20)
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James Harutun Batmasian (2020-Dec-23)
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Michael Behemma (2019-May-06)
Behemma was soldier convicted of murdering an Iraqi detainee under his control. He served 5 years in prison.
For more, read the News in FiVe story.
Paul Behrens (2021-Jan-20)
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Jesse R. Benton (2020-Dec-23)
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Thaddeus Bereday (2021-Jan-20)
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Faustino Bernadett (2021-Jan-20)
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Conrad Black (2019-May-15)
Conrad M. Black was convicted in 2007 of fraud for stealing $60 million from his company, Hollinger International. He also was convicted of obstruction of justice.
Black is a long-time associate of President Trump.
For more, read the New York Times story.
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Rod Blagojevich (2020-Feb-15)
Rod Blagojevich was convicted of several corruption charges including...
o Demanding a bribe from a Chicago children's hospital in exchange for increasing compensation for doctors.
o Demanding a bribe from a racetrack executive before he would sign a bill that would benefit him by taxing casinos.
o Lying to the FBI.
He had served 8 years of his 14-year sentence before being pardoned by Trump.
Blagojevich is a former contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice - a reality show that was hosted by Trump.
For more, read the Vox analysis.
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Carl Andrew, III Boggs (2021-Jan-20)
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Kristina Bohnenkamp (2021-Jan-20)
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John Thomas Bolen (2020-Oct-21)
John Thomas Bolen was convicted in 2007 for drug offenses.
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Todd Boulanger (2021-Jan-20)
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John A. Boultbee (2020-Dec-23)
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Robert Bowker (2021-Jan-20)
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Jonathon Braun (2021-Jan-20)
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Elliott Broidy (2021-Jan-20)
One of President Trump's top fund-raisers in 2016. Elliott Broidy pleaded guilty in 2020 to conspiring to violate foreign lobbying laws as part of a covert campaign to influence the Trump administration on behalf of Chinese and Malaysian interests.
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For more on the crimes committed by Broidy, read the Washington Post story.
Drew Brownstein (2021-Jan-20)
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Gary Mark Brugman (2020-Dec-23)
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John Richard Bubala (2019-Jul-29)
John Richard Bubala pleaded guilty in 1990 to illegally transferring federal government automotive equipment.
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For more, read the Washington Post story.
Tommaso Buti (2021-Jan-20)
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Ann Butler (2021-Jan-20)
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Matthew Antoine Canady (2021-Jan-20)
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Dwayne Michael, Jr. Carter (2021-Jan-20)
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Robert William Cawthon (2021-Jan-20)
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Craig Cesal (2021-Jan-20)
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Rebekah Kay Charleston (2020-Dec-23)
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Jeff Cheney (2021-Jan-20)
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Mario Claiborne (2021-Jan-20)
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David Lamar Clanton (2021-Jan-20)
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Fred Davis, Jr. Clark (2021-Jan-13)
Fred Davis Clark, Jr. was convicted in 2014 of bank fraud, making false statements to a financial institution, and obstructing an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The charges stemmed from a $300 million Ponzi scheme.
He was sentenced to 40 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $300 million dollars. He was released the day of Trump's commutation.
Clark's company - Cay Clubs Resorts and Marinas - took money from investors to develop vacation rentals. However, the properties never were developed. Clark used the money to attract additional investors and for his personal use.
He and his partners made the properties appear to increase in value by selling them back and forth to each other - using employees and family members as straw buyers.
The White House statement described Clark's crime as "a first-time, non-violent offense".
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Peter Clay (2021-Jan-20)
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Christopher Carl Collins (2020-Dec-22)
In 2018 former Rep. Chris Collins pleaded guilty to insider trading and lying to investigators. He was sentenced to more than two years in prison.
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Jose Alonso Compean (2020-Dec-22)
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Jeffrey Alan Conway (2021-Jan-20)
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Corvain Cooper (2021-Jan-20)
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April Coots (2021-Jan-20)
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Robert S. Corkern (2021-Jan-20)
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Alfonso Antonio Costa (2020-Dec-22)
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Robert Edward II Coughlin (2020-Dec-23)
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Scott Conor Crosby (2021-Jan-20)
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Alfred Lee Crum (2020-Dec-22)
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James Brian Cruz (2021-Jan-20)
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Randall (Duke) Cunnngham (2021-Jan-20)
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Dinesh D'Souza (2018-May-31)
In 2014, Dinesh D'Souza pleaded guilty to to making illegal campaign contributions. He was sentenced to eight months in a "community confinement center" and given a $30,000 fine.
For more, read the PolitiFact analysis.
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Marquis Dargon (2021-Jan-20)
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Jaime A. Davidson (2021-Jan-20)
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John Estin Davis (2021-Jan-20)
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Edward J., Jr DeBartolo (2020-Feb-15)
Edward DeBartolo was owner of the San Francisco 49ters National Football League team.
In 1998 DeBartolo pleaded guilty in a bribery case in which he had given $400,000 to then Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards to help him obtain a state casino license. He received two years probation and had to pay a $1 million fine.
He has been a large supporter of Trump and the Republican party.
For more, read the Casino.org story.
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Anthony DeJohn (2021-Jan-20)
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Paul Erickson (2021-Jan-20)
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Philip Esformes (2020-Dec-22)
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Todd Farha (2021-Jan-20)
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Steven Benjamin Floyd (2021-Jan-20)
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Michael Flynn (2020-Nov-25)
In December 2017, Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about conversations he had with a Russian official during the transition from President Barack Obama to Donald Trump.
In addition to pardoning Flynn for this offense, Trump also preemptively pardoned him for "any and all possible offenses" related to the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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For more, read the NPR story.
Thomas Kenton (Ken) Ford (2021-Jan-20)
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John Duncan Fordham (2021-Jan-20)
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Kenneth Charles Fragoso (2021-Jan-20)
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Robert Francis (2021-Jan-20)
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Darrell Frazier (2021-Jan-20)
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Jessica Frease (2021-Jan-20)
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Clarence Olin Freeman (2021-Jan-20)
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Ariel Manuel Friedler (2020-Feb-15)
Ariel Friedler pleaded guilty to conspiracy in 2014 for for attempting to break into the computers of his company's competitors. He served two months in prison.
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Edward Gallagher (2019-Nov-15)
Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher had been charged with premeditated murder for stabbing to death a teenage prisoner of war in Iraq. He was acquitted for the murder, but convicted of posing with the corpse. He was demoted. Trump's pardon restored his higher rank.
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Rodney Nakia Gibson (2021-Jan-20)
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Jennings Gilbert (2021-Jan-20)
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George Gilmore (2021-Jan-20)
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Matthew Golsteyn (2019-Nov-15)
Maj. Matthew Golsteyn was charged with premeditated murder for ambushing an Afghan man who had been released from custody in 2010. His pardon comes before the case was tried.
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Javier Gonzales (2021-Jan-20)
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Luis Gonzales (2021-Jan-20)
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Otis Gordon (2020-Dec-22)
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Daniela Gozes-Wagner (2020-Dec-23)
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Steven Samuel Grantham (2021-Jan-20)
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Tynice Nichole Hall (2020-Feb-15)
Tynice Hall was convicted in 2006 on drug charges consisting mostly of allowing her boyfriend to use her home as a base to sell drugs. A loaded gun that was believed to have been used in drive-by shootings also was found in her home.
Hall's boyfriend was the main target of the investigation
She was sentenced to 35 years without the chance of parole. In 2016, her sentence was reduced to 18 years due to changes in federal drug sentencing laws.
For more, read the Everything Lubbock story.
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Dwight Hammond (2018-Jul-10)
Dwight Hammond Jr. and Steven Hammond were convicted in 2012 of arson - for setting fire to federal lands.
They previously had been convicted of similar crimes.
For more, read the Oregonian story.
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Steven Hammond (2018-Jul-10)
Dwight Hammond Jr. and Steven Hammond were convicted in 2012 of arson - for setting fire to federal lands.
They previously had been convicted of similar crimes.
For more, read the Oregonian story.
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Joey Hancock (2021-Jan-20)
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Jon Harder (2021-Jan-20)
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Wesley Scott, Jr. Harkonen (2021-Jan-20)
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Michael Harris (2021-Jan-20)
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Dwayne L Harrison (2021-Jan-20)
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James Austin Hayes (2021-Jan-20)
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Robert Hayes (2021-Jan-20)
A former North Carolina representative, Hayes pleaded guilty in 2019 to lying to the F.B.I.
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Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes (2021-Jan-20)
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Dustin Laurent Heard (2020-Dec-22)
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Gary Evan Hendler (2021-Jan-20)
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William (Ed) Henry (2021-Jan-20)
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Raymond Hersman (2021-Jan-20)
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Lou Hobbs (2021-Jan-20)
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Abel Holtz (2021-Jan-20)
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Duncan D. Hunter (2020-Dec-22)
Former Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty in 2018 to spending more than a quarter of a million dollars in campaign funds for personal use.
He was sentenced to 11 months in prison.
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Margaret E. Hunter (2020-Dec-23)
Margaret Hunter is the wife of former Rep. Duncan Hunter.
She was sentenced to 8 months of home confinement for her role in the same crimes committed by Duncan Hunter.
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Zay Jeffries (2019-Oct-10)
Zay Jeffries was a World War 2 scientist convicted in 1948 of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act.
This is the second time Jeffries has received presidential help in this case. He was indicted in 1941, but President Franklin Roosevelt agreed to defer his prosecution until after the war due to his value to the war effort.
Jeffries was fined for his conviction, but did not serve prison time. He died in 1965.
For more, read The Hill story.
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Douglas Jemal (2021-Jan-20)
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Alice Marie Johnson (2018-Jun-06)
Alice Marie Johnson was convicted in 1996 of being part of a cocaine distribution ring and of money laundering. Though her crimes were nonviolent, she was sentenced to life in prison because of mandatory sentencing laws in effect at the time.
She previously had applied to be freed under President Barack Obama's 2014 Clemency Initiative. Obama denied her request during his final days as president.
Trump commuted her sentence. Though not a pardon, she will be released from prison.
For more, read the New York Times story.
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James E., Jr. Johnson (2021-Jan-20)
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John Arthur (Jack) Johnson (2018-May-24)
Professional boxer Jack Johnson was convicted in 1913 of violating the 1910 Mann Act. Johnson (who was black) was convicted of taking a woman he was dating (who was white) across state lines. He served a year in prison.
Johnson died in 1946.
For more, read the New York Times story.
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Reginald Dinez Johnson (2021-Jan-20)
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Deborah Jorgensen (2021-Jan-20)
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Gregory Jorgensen (2021-Jan-20)
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Martin Jorgensen (2021-Jan-20)
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William Kale (2021-Jan-20)
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Rickey Ivan Kanter (2020-Dec-23)
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Bill K. Kapri (2021-Jan-20)
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Cassandra Ann Kasowski (2021-Jan-20)
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James J. Kassouf (2020-Dec-23)
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Traie Tavares Kelly (2021-Jan-20)
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Bernard Kerik (2020-Feb-15)
Bernard Kerik is a longtime associate of Rudy Giuliani.
Kerik pleaded guilty in 2009 to tax fraud and making false statements to the government while being vetted for federal position. He served three years in prison.
For more, read the New York Times story.
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Amir Khan (2021-Jan-20)
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Kwame M. Kilpatrick (2021-Jan-20)
A former Detroit mayor, Kilpatrick was convicted in 2013 of using his office to enrich himself and his family through shakedowns, kickbacks and bid-rigging schemes.
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Kyle Kimoto (2021-Jan-20)
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Sharon King (2021-Jan-20)
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Noah Kleinman (2021-Jan-20)
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John Knock (2021-Jan-20)
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Kenneth Kurson (2021-Jan-20)
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Charles Kushner (2020-Dec-23)
Charles Kushner is the father of Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner.
In 2004 he pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns and campaign finance reports.
He also pleaded guilty to witness tampering. Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his sister's husband and sent her a videotape of the encounter in an attempt to intimidate her into not testifying.
Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie - who prosecuted the case as a federal attorney - called it one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes he had prosecuted.
Kushner served just over a year in federal prison from 2005 to 2006.
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Anthony Scott Levandowski (2021-Jan-20)
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Lewis (Scooter) Libby (2018-Apr-13)
Scooter Libby - Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff under President George W. Bush - was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in 2007.
He was involved in leaking the name of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison. Bush commuted the sentence, but did not pardon Libby, saying he respected the verdict.
For more, read the NPR story.
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Evan Shawn Liberty (2020-Dec-22)
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Michael Liberty (2021-Jan-20)
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MaryAnne Locke (2021-Jan-20)
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Lenora Logan (2020-Oct-21)
Lenora Logan was convicted in 1999 of conspiracy of intent to distribute cocaine base ("crack").
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Tena Logan (2021-Jan-20)
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Way Quoe Long (2021-Jan-20)
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Clint Lorance (2019-Nov-15)
First Lt. Clint Lorance was convicted of ordering his troops in Afghanistan to shoot and kill Afghan men on motorcycles. The shooting violated the military's rules of engagement, and Lorance tried to cover up the action.
Lorance was six years into a 19-year sentence for his conviction.
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Cesar Agusto Lozada (2020-Dec-23)
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Phillip Kay Lyman (2020-Dec-22)
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Hector, Sr Madrigal (2021-Jan-20)
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Paul Manafort (2020-Dec-23)
Paul Manafort - who for a time managed Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign - was convicted of tax and bank fraud in 2018.
The charges were among those brought as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 presidential election.
They stemmed from Manafort's work for pro-Russian interests in Ukraine.
He was sentenced to almost four years in prison.
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Mary Ballard McCarty (2020-Dec-23)
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Curtis McDonald (2020-Oct-21)
Curtis McDonald was convicted in 1997 for drug offenses and money laundering.
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Chalana McFarland (2021-Jan-20)
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Roy Wayne McKeever (2019-Jul-29)
Roy Wayne McKeever pleaded guilty in 1989 for transporting marijuana from Mexico to Oklahoma.
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For more, read the Washington Post story.
Brian McSwain (2021-Jan-20)
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Salomon Melgen (2021-Jan-20)
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Hal Knudson Mergler (2021-Jan-20)
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Michael Milken (2020-Feb-15)
In the 1980s, Michael Milken developed and expanded the market for junk bonds - becoming known as the junk bond king. The funding enabled several corporate takeovers and precipitated the failure of several savings and loan institutions - costing taxpayers an estimated $500 billion.
In 1990 he was charged with 98 criminal counts, including racketeering, insider trading, and fraud. He pleaded guilty to six lesser charges.
Milken spent almost 2 years in prison and was fined $600 million. He also was banned from the securities industry.
Differences of perspective
In 1990, the Washington Post wrote that Milken was guilty of six of the most serious criminal charges ever filed against a business executive of his stature.
"Not half a dozen technical violations of obscure regulations, but ... six crimes that any juror or video viewer can understand: cheating his customers by overcharging them on bond deals, secretly rigging securities prices, helping his friends cheat on their taxes, mail fraud, securities fraud, conspiracy," the editorial stated.
The White House press release of Milken's pardon states...
"Milken was charged in an indictment alleging that some of his innovative financing mechanisms were in fact criminal schemes. The charges filed against Mr. Milken were truly novel. In fact, one of the lead prosecutors later admitted that Mr. Milken had been charged with numerous technical offenses and regulatory violations that had never before been charged as crimes."
For more, read the Talking Points Memo story.
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Adrianne Miller (2021-Jan-20)
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David E. Miller (2021-Jan-20)
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Stephanie Christine Mohr (2020-Dec-23)
Stephanie Mohr was a Maryland police officer convicted of police brutality.
In 1995 Mohr allowed her police dog to attack a homeless man who already was detained and facing a wall.
She was convicted in 2001 and served a 10-year sentence.
For more, read the USA Today story.
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Glen Moss (2021-Jan-20)
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Crystal Munoz (2020-Feb-15)
Crystal Munoz had served 12 years of a 19-year sentence for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
Her 2008 conviction was based on a map she drew showing checkpoints along the Mexican border. None of the marijuana was seized from her personally. Members of a drug organization cooperated with the government in her prosecution.
For more, read the Midland Reporter-Telegram story.
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Jawad A. Musa (2021-Jan-20)
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Frederick Nahas (2021-Jan-20)
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Hillel Nahmad (2021-Jan-20)
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Ronen Nahmani (2019-Jul-29)
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Sydney Navarro (2021-Jan-20)
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Judith Negron (2020-Feb-15)
Judith Negron was convicted in 2011 for orchestrating a scheme that defrauded Medicare out of $205 million over eight years.
She was sentenced to 35 years in prison and ordered to pay $87 million in restitution to Medicare. She had served 8 years of that sentence before being pardoned by Trump. There is no evidence that she has paid any of the restitution.
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Isaac Nelson (2021-Jan-20)
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Patrick James (Pat) Nolan (2019-May-15)
While Pat Nolan was minority leader in the California State Assembly, he was videotaped accepting a bribe from an FBI agent in the Shrimpscam sting operation.
He pleaded guilty in 1994 to racketeering and served more than 2 years in prison.
For more, read the Los Angeles Times story.
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John Nystrom (2021-Jan-20)
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Joseph Occhipinti (2020-Dec-23)
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Stephen Odzer (2021-Jan-20)
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Benedict Olberding (2021-Jan-20)
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George Papadopoulos (2020-Dec-22)
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Eric Wesley Patton (2021-Jan-20)
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Lerna Lea Paulson (2021-Jan-20)
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Michael Pelletier (2021-Jan-20)
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Desiree Perez (2021-Jan-20)
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Tara Perry (2021-Jan-20)
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DeWayne Phelps (2021-Jan-20)
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Johnny D., Jr Phillips (2021-Jan-20)
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Albert J., Jr Pirro (2021-Jan-20)
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Russell Paul Plaisance (2020-Dec-23)
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William Plemons (2020-Dec-23)
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Paul Pogue (2020-Feb-15)
Paul Pogue pleaded guilty in 2010 to underpaying his taxes. He was sentenced to three years in prison, and was ordered to pay about three-quarters of a million dollars in restitution and a fine.
Pogue's son Ben had donated approximately $100,000 to help Trump's re-election campaign.
For more, read the New York Times story.
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Jon Donyae Ponder (2020-Aug-25)
Jon Ponder pleaded guilty in 2005 to bank robbery. He was released from prison in 2009.
Since that time, he started a nonprofit that provides counseling and services to people leaving jail.
For more, read the New York Times story.
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Amy Povah (2021-Jan-20)
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Ingacio Ramos (2020-Dec-22)
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Rashella Reed (2020-Oct-21)
Rashella Reed was a Georgia teacher convicted in 2013 for her role in an $8 million fraud against the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs.
The scheme involved setting up fake grocery stores which were used as a front to buy more than $8 million in benefits from the programs. At the time of her conviction, it was the largest prosecution of its kind in Georgia.
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For more, read The Telegraph story.
Richard G. Renzi (2021-Jan-20)
A former Arizona representative, Renzi was sentenced in 2013 to three years in jail in association with a bribery scheme involving an Arizona land swap deal.
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Gregory Louis Reyes (2021-Jan-20)
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Jodi Lynn Richter (2021-Jan-20)
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Lavonne Roach (2021-Jan-20)
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Mary Roberts (2021-Jan-20)
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James Romans (2021-Jan-20)
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David Rowland (2021-Jan-20)
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Sholom Rubashkin (2017-Dec-20)
Sholom Rubashkin was convicted in 2009 of financial fraud in relation to his running of a large meatpacking plant. He also was charged with hiring
hundreds of undocumented immigrants and violating child labor laws (he was acquitted of the child labor charges). He was sentenced to 27 years in prison.
President Trump commuted Rubashkin's sentence. He had served 8 years.
For more, read the Washington Post story.
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David Hossein Safavian (2020-Feb-15)
David Safavian was Chief of Staff of the General Services Administration (GSA) under the George W. Bush administration.
He was convicted in 2008 of obstruction of justice and lying to a GSA ethics officer, internal investigators, and an FBI agent in the criminal investigation of Jack Abramoff. He was sentenced to a year in prison.
For more, read the Talking Points Memo story.
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Topeka Kimberly Sam (2020-Dec-23)
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Kristian Saucier (2018-Mar-09)
Saucier was a Navy sailor who pleaded guilty in 2016 to illegally retaining photos of a submarine's nuclear propulsion system. He also pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. He served 12 months in prison.
For more, read the News in FiVe story.
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Ferrell Damon Scott (2021-Jan-20)
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Aviem Sella (2021-Jan-20)
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Adriana Shayota (2021-Jan-20)
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Robert Sherrill (2021-Jan-20)
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Luis Fernando Sicard (2021-Jan-20)
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Mark Siljander (2020-Dec-23)
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Brian Simmons (2021-Jan-20)
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Nicholas Abram Slatten (2020-Dec-22)
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Paul Alvin Slough (2020-Dec-22)
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Derrick Smith (2021-Jan-20)
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Joshua J. Smith (2021-Jan-20)
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Angela Ronae Stanton (2020-Feb-15)
Angela Stanton - an author and TV personality - was pardoned for her role in a stolen vehicle ring involving fraud, embezzlement, and theft . In 2007 she served a 6-month house arrest for the crime.
For more, listen to Stanton tell her story.
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Syrita Steib-Martin (2021-Jan-20)
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Joseph Martin Stephens (2020-Dec-23)
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Stephen E. Stockman (2020-Dec-22)
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Roger Joseph, Jr Stone (2020-Jul-10)
Roger Stone was convicted in November 2019 of making false statements to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing an official proceeding. He was sentenced to 40 months in prison.
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Ted Suhl (2019-Jul-29)
Suhl was convicted defrauding Medicaid out of millions of dollars, and bribing a state official to enable the scheme.
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Patrick Lee Swisher (2021-Jan-20)
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Rodney Masaru Takumi (2019-Jul-29)
Rodney Masaru Takumi was convicted in charges related to his arrest in 1987 while working at an illegal gambling parlor.
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For more, read the Washington Post story.
David Tamman (2021-Jan-20)
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Charles Tanner (2020-Oct-21)
Charles Tanner was convicted in 2009 for drug offenses.
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John Frederick Tate (2020-Dec-23)
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Michael Tedesco (2019-Jul-29)
Michael Anthony Tedesco was convicted in 1990 of drug trafficking and fraud.
He was pardoned in 2017 by President Barack Obama, but the fraud conviction remained on his record. That was due to a clerical error, according to the White House statement of the pardon.
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Donald Trump ()
Trump has not been convicted of a federal crime, so he has no reason to pardon himself. He is, however, part of an investigation into his campaign's and his businesses' ties to Russia, and has explored the possibility.
He claims to have the power to issue a self-pardon. However, that power cannot be fully determined unless he (or a future president) attempts it.
Though a president's pardon power extends to federal crimes only, it is unclear about the ability to issue a pardon for a state crime if a pardon has been given for the same federal issue.
A presidential self-pardon does not immunize a president from impeachment.
Casey Urlacher (2021-Jan-20)
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Alex Van Der Zwaan (2020-Dec-22)
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Monstsho Eugene Vernon (2021-Jan-20)
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Blanca Virgen (2021-Jan-20)
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Christopher Michael Wade (2020-Dec-23)
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Jerry Donnell Walden (2021-Jan-20)
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John Harold Wall (2021-Jan-20)
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William Walters (2021-Jan-20)
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William T. Walters (2021-Jan-20)
In 2017 Walters was convicted of charges related to his role in an insider-trading scheme. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
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Eliyahu Weinstein (2021-Jan-20)
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Shalom Weiss (2021-Jan-20)
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Tom Leroy Whitehurst (2021-Jan-20)
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Chalmer Lee Williams (2019-Jul-29)
Chalmer Lee Williams was convicted in 1995 of stealing weapons and computers from checked luggage while working as a baggage handler at Northern Kentucky International Airport.
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Andrew Barron Worden (2020-Dec-23)
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Christopher II X (2020-Dec-23)
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Caroline Yeats (2021-Jan-20)
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Chris Young (2021-Jan-20)
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Robert (Bob) Zangrillo (2021-Jan-20)
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