Trump Pardons

Signed a sweeping federal pardon of Tina Peters on December 5, 2025 covering "those offenses she has or may have committed or taken part in related to election integrity and security" from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021. Announced the pardon on Truth Social December 11 and has separately pressured Colorado officials to release Peters from state custody, which the federal pardon cannot reach.

Received a full pardon from President Trump, clearing his federal conviction for enabling money laundering at Binance; had previously served four months in federal prison.

Received a presidential commutation lifting his 12-year federal sentence, $1.75 million fine, and $15.7 million restitution order. The underlying convictions covered FARA violations, tax evasion, illegal foreign and conduit campaign contributions, and witness tampering. His criminal defense was handled by David Warrington, now Trump's White House counsel (recused from the clemency deliberations per the White House).

Received a presidential pardon clearing his guilty plea conviction; had been sentenced to six months of home confinement followed by two years of probation.

Received a presidential pardon clearing his guilty plea conviction; had been sentenced to 30 months of probation.

Received a full presidential pardon for his 2018 conviction in the $60 million tribal-bonds fraud, wiping the one-year-and-one-day sentence and $43.4 million restitution order. Hunter Biden's former business partner and the House Oversight Committee's central 2023 witness against the Biden family — testimony that Trump staff secretary Will Scharf cited as the basis for the pardon.

Paid $1 million for a seat at a MAGA Inc. candlelight dinner at Mar-a-Lago in early April 2025 promising face-to-face access to Trump. Three weeks later, Trump pardoned her son Paul Walczak, wiping his 18-month federal tax-fraud sentence and $4.4 million in restitution. Has hosted at least three Trump campaign fundraisers and attended VIP events at the 2017 and 2025 inaugurations.

Received a presidential pardon clearing his guilty plea conviction; had been sentenced to 12 months of probation and agreed to pay $150,000 in fines.

Received a presidential commutation, ending the 189-month federal sentence imposed in September 2020 for tribal-bonds fraud and NYSE market manipulation. Testified from federal prison in House Republicans' 2024 Biden impeachment inquiry that the "entire value add" of Hunter Biden was the Biden family name and access to Joe Biden.

Received a full pardon, wiping his April 11, 2025 sentence of 18 months in federal prison and roughly $4.4 million in restitution for unpaid payroll taxes (more than $7 million withheld from employees and never remitted, plus more than $10 million total tax loss). His clemency petition explicitly cited his mother's Republican fundraising history as evidence the prosecution had been political payback.

Received a full and unconditional pardon, releasing him from a life sentence imposed in 2015 for his role founding and operating the Silk Road darknet marketplace.

Received a presidential pardon clearing his guilty plea conviction; had been sentenced to 18 months of probation.

Directed UAE sovereign wealth investment firms under his control to deposit $2 billion into World Liberty Financial, a crypto company co-founded by the families of Trump's Middle East envoy and the president himself.

Co-founder of World Liberty Financial through the Witkoff family; held a financial interest in the firm at the time of the UAE investment despite announced plans to divest, according to an August 2025 disclosure document.

Received a sweeping federal pardon covering any federal exposure for conduct related to election integrity from 2020-2021. Convicted in 2024 on Colorado state charges for the 2021 Mesa County voting-machine breach in pursuit of "stop the steal" evidence; remains in state prison serving a nine-year sentence the federal pardon cannot reach.

Received a full and unconditional presidential pardon, wiping his 2022 federal fraud conviction, the four-year prison term he was appealing, and roughly $676 million in restitution federal prosecutors were seeking. Civil liability is unaffected: Nikola's bankruptcy trustee holds a judgment for more than $100 million against him and continues to pursue collection. Milton and his wife had donated at least $3.2 million in 2024 to Trump-aligned committees and to PACs raising funds for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., captured in a separate action; Milton has said the donations were unrelated to the pardon.

Publicly announced the $2 billion UAE investment at a Dubai conference in May 2025 and held a stake in World Liberty Financial as a co-founder alongside the Trump family.

Received the $900,000 conduit donation that federal prosecutors later identified as illegally disguising its true source. The 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee funded Trump's January 20, 2017 inauguration and related events.

Crypto exchange whose 49% stake purchase by MGX was settled with $2 billion of World Liberty Financial's USD1 stablecoin.

Championed the 'Free Ross' cause as a top political priority and mobilized Libertarian activists in support of Trump, contributing to political pressure that preceded the pardon.

Hosted the $1-million-per-head candlelight dinner at Mar-a-Lago and collected Fago's ticket revenue. MAGA Inc. is the pro-Trump super PAC raising unlimited funds for Trump-aligned political activity.

Abu Dhabi AI investment firm chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon that used $2 billion of World Liberty Financial's USD1 stablecoin to settle its acquisition of a 49% stake in Binance.

Received a $2 billion investment from a UAE sovereign wealth firm controlled by Sheikh Tahnoon, propelling it into one of the world's most prominent crypto companies.