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Presidential pardons or commutations of sentences, particularly when issued to political allies, January 6 participants, or individuals convicted of corruption — undermining the rule of law and creating impunity for political violence.

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Systematic Pardons of Political Allies and Financial Criminals — $1.3 Billion in Victim Restitution Erased

A systematic pattern of pardons benefiting political allies, donors, and financial criminals. Over half of 88 clemency grants went to white-collar offenders, erasing $1.3 billion in victim …

  • More than half of 88 individual pardons through January 2026 went to people convicted of white-collar crimes — money laundering, bank fraud, …
  • House Judiciary Democrats calculated that Trump's pardons erased $1.3 billion in victim repayment and taxpayer recovery for Medicare fraud, …