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(47) Donald Trump
All Pardons
Interfering with the Judicial Process
Military, Espionage, War Crimes
Vice and Controlled Substances
Entertainment and Sports, Celebrity
Pardoned after sentence served
Prosecuted/Pardoned by same president
Billy A. Cannon (2026-Feb-12)
Counterfeiting
Cannon was a former professional football player for the Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders, and Kansas City Chiefs.
In 1983 he was charged with printing $6 million worth of counterfeit $100 bills. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Cannon died in 2018.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
(Company) Elite Diesel Service, Inc (2026-Feb-12)
Violating Clean Air Act
Elite Diesel Inc. is owned by diesel mechanic Troy Lake. In 2024, Lake was charged with instructing company employees to disable emissions control hardware on more than 325 heavy-duty commercial trucks from 2017 through 2020. This violated the Clean Air Act - which prohibits tampering with the devices.
According to a Department of Justice press release, tampering on these trucks "caused an illegal increase in pollutants" of at least:
o 30 tons of non-methane hydrocarbons
o 600 tons of carbon monoxide
o 30 tons of particulate matter
Diesel exhaust is a known carcinogen and causes lung cancer. It also is associated with asthma and an increased risk of death from cardiovascular and respiratory disease. These effects disproportionately occur in low-income communities near highways and high-traffic areas, the press release states.
The pardon was prompted in part by a letter from Wyoming House Speaker Chip Neiman. It was issued in the name of the company, which also applies to Lake.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Travis Henry (2026-Feb-12)
Drug trafficking
Henry is a former professional football player for the Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, and Denver Broncos.
In 2009, he was indicted for his role in a cocaine trafficking organization. He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Joseph Klecko (2026-Feb-12)
Perjury
Klecko is a former professional football player for the New York Jets and Indianapolis Colts.
In 1993 he pleaded guilty to perjury - for lying to a federal grand jury about a fraudulent insurance claim. The charge was part of a $5 million insurance fraud scheme.
He was sentenced to 3 months in prison.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Jamal Lewis (2026-Feb-12)
Drug trafficking
Lewis is a former professional football player for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns.
in 2004 he was charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine. After pleading guilty to a less serious charge he was sentenced to 4 months in prison.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Nathaniel (Jr) (Nate) Newton (2026-Feb-12)
Drugs
Newton is a former professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers.
In 2002 he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking. He was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Timothy S. Smith (2026-Feb-12)
Defrauding IRS
On Sept. 26, 2025 Smith pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent tax returns.
Smith is a tax preparer in Winter Haven, Florida. In 2023 and 2025 he, along with four others, filed almost 100 falsified returns that claimed millions of dollars more in losses than the actual amounts.
Smith personally profited $274,000 in unwarranted refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). He was sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Terren S. Peizer (2026-Jan-16)
Securities fraud, Insider trading
In 2024, Terren Peizer was convicted of insider trading - gaining more than $12 million by selling his company's stock based on news not yet publicly known.
In 2025, He was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison,
For more, read the News In Five article.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Jimmy Ray Barnett (2026-Jan-15)
Narcotics distribution, Convicted felon in possession of a firearm
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Adriana Isabel and Andres Enrique Camberos (2026-Jan-15)
Fraud (mail and wire)
Adriana and Andres Camberos (sister and brother) were convicted of fraudulently selling counterfeit food products - making millions of dollars from the scheme.
This was the second time Donald Trump granted clemency to Adriana Camberos. At the end of his first term as president he commuted her sentence for a similar scheme (under her previous last name Shayota).
For more, read the News in Five article.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Danny Preston Conrad (2026-Jan-15)
Embezzling by a postal employee
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Russell John (Jr) Flint (2026-Jan-15)
Making false Selective Service registration certificates
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Julio Herrera Velutini (2026-Jan-15)
Bribery, Wire fraud
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Click here to read the amended clemency grant.
James Michael Klos (2026-Jan-15)
Possession of unregistered firearm
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Mark Rossini (2026-Jan-15)
Bribery, Wire fraud
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Click here to read the amended clemency grant.
Wanda Vazquez Garced (2026-Jan-15)
Bribery, Wire fraud
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Click here to read the ammended clemency grant.
Tina Peters (2025-Dec-05)
Election fraud
Tina Peters was a Colorado county clerk convicted of orchestrating the tampering of voting machines in her county.
Proprietary information and passwords were copied from the machines. Three months later the stolen data surfaced at an event for those trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Biden.
At Peters' sentencing hearing, a county commissioner testified that Peters' actions cost the county almost $1.4 million.
Trump's pardon of Peters appears to be symbolic only. Though it pardons her for federal crimes, the crimes she was convicted of were Colorado state ones. Presidential pardons apply to federal crimes only.
For more, read the NewsInFive article.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Enrique Roberto (Henry) and Imelda Rios Cuellar (2025-Dec-02)
Bribery, Money laundering, Wire fraud
Rep. Henry Cuellar was indicted for bribery.
Imelda Rios Cuellar - his wife - was indicted for laundering the money he received.
For more, read the News in Five article.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Tim Leiweke (2025-Dec-02)
Conspiracy to restrain trade
Tim Leiweke was charged with violating anti-monopoly laws in depriving the University of Texas of a fair bidding process in the construction and operation of a new arena.
He had been investigated and indicted earlier this year - by President Donald Trump's own Department of Justice. The case had yet to go to trial.
For more, read the News in Five article.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Juan Orlando Hernandez (2025-Dec-01)
Conspiracy to import cocaine. Possessing machine guns and destructive devices.
Juan Hernandez, former president of Honduras, was convicted in 2024 of manufacturing cocaine, smuggling it into the United States, and distributing it. He also was convicted of using automatic weapons. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
For more, read the News in Five article.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
David Gentile (2025-Nov-26)
Securities fraud, Wire fraud
Gentile was convicted in 2024 of defrauding more than 10,000 investors out of $1.6 billion. His company, GPB Capital Holdings, effectively ran a Ponzi scheme - paying earlier investors with money from later investors rather than from investment returns.
He was sentenced to 7 years in prison, but had served just 12 days before being released.
Though Gentile's prison sentence was commuted, he was not pardoned. His conviction and other penalties remain on the books.
For more, read the News In Five article.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Suzanne Kaye (2025-Nov-14)
Interstate Communications - Threats
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Joseph Schwartz (2025-Nov-14)
Tax Fraud
Joseph Schwartz operated a chain of nursing homes. He withheld at least $39 million in payroll taxes from 15,000 employees that he didn't report or pay to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
He pled guilty in November 2024, and in April 2025, he was sentenced to 3 years in prison. Schwartz had served 3 months of that sentence when President Donald Trump pardoned him.
The conviction Schwartz was serving time for, however, was only a part of his history of defrauding the federal government.
For more, read the News in Five article.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Click here to read the indictment against Schwartz
Robert Henry, Jr. Harshbarger (2025-Nov-07)
Health care fraud, Commerce fraud
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Troy Lake (2025-Nov-07)
Conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Michael McMahon (2025-Nov-07)
Interstate stalking, Illegal foreign agent
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Darryl Strawberry (2025-Nov-07)
Tax Evasion
Darryl Strawberry is a former Major League Baseball player.
He pleaded guilty to tax evasion in 1995 for failing to report almost a half-million dollars in income from selling sports memorabalia.
For more, read the The Hill article.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Changpeng (CZ) Zhao (2025-Oct-21)
Money laundering
Changpeng (CZ) Zhao is the former CEO of the cryptocurrency company Binance. In 2023, he pleaded guilty to failing to prevent money laundering. He served 4 months in prison.
For more, read the NewsInFive article.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
George Santos (2025-Oct-17)
Wire fraud, Identity theft
Former Rep. George Santos was indicted on several charges of campaign fraud and identity theft. He pleaded guilty to some of the charges and was sentenced to more than 7 years in prison.
He had served 3 months of the sentence before Pres. Donald Trump commuted his sentence.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Imaad Zuberi (2025-Oct-01)
Witness, victim, or informant tampering, Tax evasion, Illegal campaign contributions
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Edward Sotelo (2025-May-29)
Conspiracy, Narcotics distribution
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Todd and Julie Chrisley (2025-May-28)
Bank fraud, Tax evasion
For more, read the News in FiVe story.
Click here to read the clemency grant for Todd Chrisley.
Click here to read the clemency grant for Julie Chrisley.
Lawrence Duran (2025-May-28)
Health care fraud, Money laundering, Tax evasion
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Paul Walczak (2025-Apr-23)
Tax evasion
Walczak was convicted of stealing more than $10 million his company withheld from employees taxes but did not pay to the federal government.
Walczak's mother has been a financial supporter of Trump - including hosting a 2020 fundraiser at which a diary stolen from then-candidate Joe Biden's daughter Ashley was passed around.
He had not yet begun his 1-1/2 year prison term.
For more, read the News in FiVe story.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
(na) HDR Global Trading Limited (2025-Mar-27)
Bank Secrecy Act
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Joan Bell (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Coleman Boyd (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Joel Curry (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Jonathan Darnel (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Caroline Davis (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Eva Edl (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Chester Gallagher (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Herb Geraghty (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
William Goodman (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Dennis Green (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Lauren Handy (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Paula Paulette Harlow (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
John Hinshaw (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Heather Idoni (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Jean Marshall (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Christopher Moscinski (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Justin Phillips (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Paul Place (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Jay Smith (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Paul Vaughn (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Bevelyn Beatty Williams (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Calvin Zastrow (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Eva Zastrow (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
James Zastrow (2025-Jan-23)
Interfering with access to a clinic entrance
One of several people pardoned for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Andrew Zabavsky (2025-Jan-22)
Conspiracy, Obstruction of Justice
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Ross Ulbricht (2025-Jan-21)
Drug distribution, Fraud
Ross Ulbricht was the founder of the illicit website Silk Road.
He was convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering activities that took place on the website.
Donald Trump pardoned Ulbricht on Jan. 21, 2025 - the second day of Trump's second term as president.
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Jeremy Bertino (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Bertino was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Joseph Biggs (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Biggs was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Thomas Caldwell (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Caldwell was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Joseph Hackett (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Hackett was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Kenneth Harrelson (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Harrelson was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Kelly Meggs (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Meggs was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Roberto Minuta (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Minuta was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
David Moerschel (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Moerschel was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Ethan Nordean (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Nordean was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Dominic Pezzola (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Pezzola was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Zachary Rehl (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Rehl was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Stewart Rhodes (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Rhodes was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Edward Vallejo (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Vallejo was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.
Jessica Watkins (2025-Jan-20)
Jan 6 2001 U.S. Capitol attack
Watkins was one of 14 people specifically pardoned for involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 terror attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The pardon also absolves "all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021".
Click here to read the clemency grant.