Donald Trump Scandalous Pardons List
Pardonee
Crime Committed
Commutation
Scandalousness
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Jonathan BraunDrug SmugglerDealt thousands of kilograms of marijuana7.5 of 10 years prisonUsed a connection to Jared Kushner to get the pardon & after released assaulted his wife and her father
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Phillip EsformesHealthcare ExecutiveOrchestrated largest health care fraud scheme in US history18 of 20 yearsUsed family connections to lobby Trump to release him and later criminally threatened his wife and another family member
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Dinesh D'SouzaRight-Wing FilmmakerMade $20,000 in illegal campaign contributions1.3 of 5 years probationRewarded for spreading propaganda supporting Trump's false claim that the 2020 election was stolen
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Joe ArpaioFmr. Arizona SheriffCriminal Contempt of CourtPardoned two months before sentencingRewarded for his extreme xenophobia against Latino immigrants
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Two Aides to Senator Rand PaulBribed a state senator $73,000 to change his vote in the Iowa caucusesServed 6 months of house arrest and 160 hours of community servicePardoned at the request of Trump ally Sen. Rand Paul
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Four Blackwater Security ContractorsMurdered 14 Iraqi civilians and injured 20 moreOne year of one life and three 15-year sentencesGeneral Petraeus called it "hugely damaging, an action that tells the world that Americans abroad can commit the most heinous crimes with impunity"
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Steve BannonFmr. Trump StrategistStole $1M from donorsPardoned before trialRewarded for helping Trump try to overturn the 2020 election
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Casey UrlacherBrian Urlacher's BrotherWorked for a multimillion-dollar illegal sports gambling ringPardoned before trialHe's a Republican and his famous brother Brian Urlacher is a vocal Trump supporter
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Rick RenziFmr. US Rep. [R]Embezzled $400k & extorted hundreds of thousands moreserved 2 years in prisonRewarded for waging a public relations campaign against the DOJ
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Robin HayesFmr. US Rep. [R]Lied to the FBI about his role in a $1.5M bribery scheme7 of 12 months prisonPardoned at the request Trump ally Sen. Thom Tillis
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Kristian SaucierUS NavyPhotographed highly classified areas of a nuclear submarine without authorizationserved 1 years in prisonTrump issued the pardon in order to make a political attack falsely equating Hillary's accidental non-criminal sending of minor classified material to an egregious purposeful violation of classified secrets
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Duke CunninghamFmr. US Rep. [R]Raked in $2.3M in bribes from defense contractorsserved 8 years in prisonPardoned at the request of Trump ally Newt Gingrich
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Dwight & Steven HammondRanchersDestroyed evidence of their illegal poaching by intentionally setting their property on fire2.5 of 5 years prisonReal estate developer and advocate for the convicted arsonists Mike Ingram donated $10k to a Trump super PAC one week before Trump issued the pardons
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Michael BehennaUS ArmyMurdered an unarmed Iraqi detaineeOnly served 5 years of 25-year sentence before being paroledPardoned at the request of Trump allies Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallon & AG Mike Hunter
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Conrad BlackCEOStole millions from newspaper he ledserved 3.5 years in prisonPersonal friend of Trump who published a fawning book about him titled "A President Like No Other"
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Mathew GolsteynUS ArmyPremeditated murder of unarmed prisoner of warPardoned before trialGolsteyn appeared with Trump at a rally less than a month before his pardon
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Clint LoranceUS ArmyOrdered soldiers to open fire on unarmed Afghans which resulted in two deaths13 of 19 years prisonSeveral of Lorance's soldiers testified the men he ordered shot posed no imminent threat and expressed dismay at his pardon
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Bernard KerikFmr. NYC Police CommissionerIllegally accepted over $250k from company with suspected ties to organized crimeserved 3 years in prisonKerik often championed Trump as a correspondent on Fox News which he watched regularly
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Paul PogueBusiness ExecutiveFailed to pay over $400k in taxesserved 3 years probationHis son and daughter-in-law donated $238,541 to Trump's reelection campaign mere months before the pardon
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Angela StantonTV PersonalityParticipated in organized auto theft ringserved 2 years in prisonRewarded for her vocal support of Trump to her predominately black audience
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Michael FlynnFmr. National Security AdvisorLied to the FBI about secret interactions with the Russian AmbassadorPardoned before sentencingRewarded for his loyalty to Trump and refusal to cooperate with officials after twice pleading guilty
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Duncan HunterFmr. US Rep. [R]Stole $250k in campaign funds for personal usePardoned days before his 11-month sentence was to beginRewarded for being an early 2016 Trump supporter
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Chris CollinsFmr. US Rep. [R]Gave insider information to help others avoid $768k in stock losses2 of 2.2 years prisonRewarded for being first member of Congress to endorse his 2016 campaign
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Steve StockmanFmr. US Rep. [R]Stole $1.25M from charity for personal and campaign expenses8 of 10 yearsPardoned at the request of former US Rep.'s and Trump allies Bob McEwen and Bob Barr
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George PapadopoulosTrump Campaign AideLied to the FBI about interactions with top Russian intelligence officials during 2016 campaignserved 14 days in jail and 1 year of supervised releaseRewarded for his loyalty to Trump in the Russia investigation
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Paul ManafortTrump Campaign ChairLied to the FBI about potentially damaging information he had on Trump in violation of plea deal5 of 7 years prisonPardoned as a reward for refusing to flip on Trump
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Roger StoneSenior AdvisorLied under oath about his connections with Russian intelligence and WikiLeaksPardoned days before he was to report to prisonRewarded for refusing to testify against Donald Trump
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Charles KushnerJared Kushner's FatherIllegal campaign contributions, tax evasion and witness tamperingserved 2 years in prisonTrump's daughter Ivanka is married to Charles's son Jared and Chris Christie once called his actions "one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes" he ever prosecuted
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Alex van der ZwaanColleague of Trump Adviser Rick GatesLied to the FBI about his work with Trump adviser Rick Gatesserved 30 days in jailTrump issued the pardon in an attempt to undo as much as the Mueller as possible
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Margaret HunterWife of Rep. Duncan HunterStole $250k in campaign funds for personal usePardoned days before her 8-month home confinement sentenceHunter's husband Duncan was a vocal and early supporter of Trump who also received a pardon
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Gary BrugmanUS Customs and Border AgentUnprovoked assault on two defenseless victimsserved 2 years in prisonBrugman expressed no remorse for his assault but Trump still pardoned him at the request of Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn
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Jaime DavidsonFmr. Drug KingpinPlanned robbery that resulted in the murder of an undercover police officer69 of 100 years prisonDavidson was sent back to jail after he was convicted for domestic assault against his wife