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Clemency Grants by President Donald J. Trump (2025–Dec 5, 2025)

Clemency Grants by President Donald J. Trump (2025–Present)

Source: DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney Data Updated: December 3, 2025

Summary of Clemency Grants

Type of ClemencyTotal Number Granted
Pardons66
Commutations15

Clemency Grants: Continuous List (Total: 81)

Section 1: Pardons Granted (66 Grants)

1. Ross William Ulbricht

  • Offense: Aiding and abetting distribution of drugs over internet; continuing criminal enterprise; computer hacking conspiracy; fraud with identification documents; money laundering conspiracy.
  • Sentence: Life imprisonment; lifetime supervised release (May 29, 2015).

2. Terence Dale Sutton, Jr.

  • Offense: Murder in second degree; conspiracy; obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting.
  • Sentence: 66 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release, conditioned upon 100 hours’ community service (September 12, 2024).

3. Andrew Zabavsky

  • Offense: Conspiracy; obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting.
  • Sentence: 48 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (September 12, 2024).

4. Joan Bell

  • Offense: Conspiracy against rights; FACE Act.
  • Sentence: 27 months’ imprisonment; 36 months’ supervised release, conditioned upon 100 hours’ community service (May 14, 2024).

5. Coleman Boyd

  • Offense: Conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services; violation of the FACE Act.
  • Sentence: Five years’ probation, conditioned upon six months’ home detention; $10,000 fine (as amended) (July 3, 2024).

6. Joel Curry

  • Offense: Conspiracy against rights; clinic access obstruction.
  • Sentence: N/A.

7. Jonathan Darnel

  • Offense: Conspiracy against rights; FACE Act.
  • Sentence: 34 months’ imprisonment; 36 months’ supervised release, conditioned upon 100 hours’ community service (May 15, 2024).

8. Caroline Davis

  • Offense: 1. Conspiracy to interfere with access to clinic entrances; aiding and abetting interference with access to clinic entrances. 2. Conspiracy; interference with clinic access.
  • Sentence: 1. Three years’ probation (April 24, 2024). 2. One year’s nonreporting probation (concurrent) (September 18, 2024).

9. Eva Edl

  • Offense: 1. Violation of the FACE Act. 2. Conspiracy against rights; clinic access obstruction.
  • Sentence: 1. Three years’ probation (September 26, 2024) (vacated and dismissed). 2. N/A.

10. Chester Gallagher

  • Offense: 1. Conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services; violation of the FACE Act. 2. Conspiracy against rights; clinic access obstruction.
  • Sentence: 1. 16 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (September 26, 2024). 2. N/A.

11. Herb Geraghty

  • Offense: Conspiracy against rights; FACE Act.
  • Sentence: 27 months’ imprisonment; 36 months’ supervised release (May 15, 2024).

12. William Goodman

  • Offense: Conspiracy against rights; FACE Act.
  • Sentence: 27 months’ imprisonment; 36 months’ supervised release (May 14, 2024).

13. Dennis Green

  • Offense: Conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services; violation of the FACE Act.
  • Sentence: Time served; three years’ supervised release, conditioned upon six months’ home confinement (July 3, 2024).

14. Lauren Handy

  • Offense: Conspiracy against rights; FACE Act.
  • Sentence: 57 months’ imprisonment; 36 months’ supervised release (May 14, 2024).

15. Paula Harlow

  • Offense: Conspiracy against rights; FACE Act.
  • Sentence: 24 months’ imprisonment; 36 months’ supervised release (May 31, 2024).

16. John Hinshaw

  • Offense: Conspiracy against rights; FACE Act.
  • Sentence: 21 months’ imprisonment; 36 months’ supervised release (May 14, 2024).

17. Heather Idoni

  • Offense: 1. Conspiracy against rights; FACE Act. 2. Conspiracy against rights; clinic access obstruction. 3. Conspiracy against rights; FACE Act.
  • Sentence: 1. 24 months’ imprisonment; 36 months’ supervised release (May 22, 2024). 2. N/A. 3. 24 months’ imprisonment; 36 months’ supervised release (May 22, 2024).

18. Jean Marshall

  • Offense: Conspiracy against rights; FACE Act.
  • Sentence: 24 months’ imprisonment; 36 months’ supervised release (May 15, 2024).

19. Christopher Moscinski

  • Offense: Interference with freedom of access to reproductive health services.
  • Sentence: Six months’ imprisonment; one year’s supervised release (June 27, 2023).

20. Justin Phillips

  • Offense: Conspiracy against rights; clinic access obstruction.
  • Sentence: N/A.

21. Paul Place

  • Offense: Violation of the FACE Act.
  • Sentence: Three years’ probation (vacated and dismissed) (July 30, 2024).

22. Jay Smith

  • Offense: FACE Act.
  • Sentence: 10 months’ imprisonment; 36 months’ supervised release (August 7, 2023).

23. Paul Vaughn

  • Offense: Conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services; violation of the FACE Act.
  • Sentence: Time served; three years’ supervised release, conditioned upon six months’ home confinement (July 2, 2024).

24. Bevelyn Beatty Williams

  • Offense: Violating FACE Act.
  • Sentence: 41 months’ imprisonment; two years’ supervised release (July 24, 2024).

25. Calvin Zastrow

  • Offense: 1. Conspiracy to obstruct access to clinic providing reproductive health services; violation of the FACE Act. 2. Conspiracy against rights; clinic access obstruction.
  • Sentence: 1. Six months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release, conditioned upon six months’ home confinement (July 3, 2024). 2. N/A.

26. Eva Zastrow

  • Offense: 1. Violation of the FACE Act. 2. Conspiracy against rights; clinic access obstruction.
  • Sentence: 1. Three years’ probation (vacated and dismissed) (July 30, 2024). 2. N/A.

27. James Zastrow

  • Offense: Violation of the FACE Act.
  • Sentence: Three years’ probation (July 30, 2024).

28. Rod R. Blagojevich

  • Offense: Wire fraud under color of official right (eight counts); conspiracy/attempted; attempt to commit extortion under color of official right; conspiracy to solicit and solicitation of bribe (three counts); making false statements.
  • Sentence: 168 months’ imprisonment (as amended); 24 months’ supervised release; $20,000 fine (December 7, 2011).

29. Brian Kelsey

  • Offense: Conspiracy to defraud the United States; aiding and abetting the acceptance of excessive contributions.
  • Sentence: 21 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (August 11, 2023).

30. Thomas Edward Caldwell

  • Offense: Tampering with documents or proceedings.
  • Sentence: Time served (January 10, 2025).

31. Devon Archer

  • Offense: Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud.
  • Sentence: One year and one day’s imprisonment; one year’s supervised release; $43,427,436 restitution (February 28, 2022).

32. Benjamin Delo

  • Offense: Violation of the Bank Secrecy Act.
  • Sentence: 30 months’ imprisonment (June 15, 2022).

33. Gregory Dwyer

  • Offense: Violating the Bank Secrecy Act.
  • Sentence: One year’s probation; $150,000 fine (November 16, 2022).

34. Arthur Hayes

  • Offense: Violation of the Bank Secrecy Act.
  • Sentence: Two years’ probation, conditioned upon six months’ home confinement (May 20, 2022).

35. HDR Global Trading Limited

  • Offense: Violation of Bank Secrecy Act.
  • Sentence: Two years’ unsupervised probation, $100,000,000 fine (January 15, 2025).

36. Trevor Milton

  • Offense: Securities fraud; wire fraud (two counts).
  • Sentence: 48 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release; (December 18, 2023).

37. Samuel Reed

  • Offense: Violation of the Bank Secrecy Act.
  • Sentence: 18 months’ probation (July 13, 2022).

38. Michele Fiore

  • Offense: Conspiracy to commit wire fraud; wire fraud (six counts).
  • Sentence: N/A.

39. Paul Walczak

  • Offense: Willful failure to pay trust fund taxes; failure to file return/information.
  • Sentence: 18 months’ imprisonment; two years’ supervised release; $4,381,265.76 restitution (April 11, 2025).

40. Scott Howard Jenkins

  • Offense: Conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds, honest services mail fraud, and honest service wire fraud; honest services mail fraud; honest services wire fraud (three counts); bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds (seven counts).
  • Sentence: 120 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release; $600 fine (March 21, 2025).

41. James Callahan

  • Offense: Filing false labor union reports.
  • Sentence: N/A.

42. Kevin Eric Baisden

  • Offense: 1. Shoplifting. 2. Second degree theft. 3. Bail reform act. 4. Second degree theft.
  • Sentence: Multiple sentences, longest is 180 days’ imprisonment (suspended).

43. Mark Bashaw

  • Offense: Violation of lawful orders.
  • Sentence: No punishment (2022).

44. Julie Chrisley

  • Offense: Conspiracy to commit bank fraud; bank fraud (five counts); wire fraud; conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Laws; tax evasion; obstruction of justice.
  • Sentence: 84 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release; $4,740,645.04 restitution (November 21, 2022; as amended September 25, 2024).

45. Todd Chrisley

  • Offense: Conspiracy to commit bank fraud; bank fraud (five counts); conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Laws; tax evasion.
  • Sentence: 144 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release; $17,270,741.57 restitution (November 21, 2022).

46. Lawrence S. Duran

  • Offense: Conspiracy to commit health care fraud; health care fraud (11 counts); conspiracy to defraud the United States and to receive and pay health care kickbacks; conspiracy to commit money laundering; money laundering (18 counts); structuring to avoid reporting requirements (six counts).
  • Sentence: 50 years’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release; $87,533,863.46 restitution (September 16, 2011).

47. Kentrell D. Gaulden

  • Offense: Felon in possession of a firearm.
  • Sentence: 23 months’ imprisonment; no supervised release (December 10, 2024).

48. Michael Gerard Grimm

  • Offense: Aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns.
  • Sentence: Eight months’ imprisonment; one year’s supervised release, conditioned upon 200 hours’ community service; $148,907.11 restitution (July 17, 2015; as amended August 10, 2015).

49. James M. Kernan

  • Offense: Knowingly and willfully permitting a convicted felon to be engaged in the business of insurance.
  • Sentence: Five years’ probation, conditioned upon 400 hours’ community service; $250,000 fine (January 25, 2010).

50. Marlene Mary Kernan

  • Offense: Permitting a convicted felon to engage in the business of insurance.
  • Sentence: Two years’ probation; $182,708 fine (January 25, 2010).

51. Tanner J. Mansell

  • Offense: Theft of property within special maritime jurisdiction.
  • Sentence: One year’s probation, conditioned upon 50 hours’ community service; $3,343.72 restitution (February 13, 2023).

52. John R. Moore, Jr.

  • Offense: Theft of property within special maritime jurisdiction.
  • Sentence: One year’s probation, conditioned upon 50 hours’ community service; $1,000 fine; $3,343.72 restitution (February 13, 2023).

53. John G. Rowland

  • Offense: 1. Conspiracy to defraud the United States. 2. Falsification of records in a federal investigation; conspiracy; causing false statements (two counts); illegal campaign contributions (two counts).
  • Sentence: 1. 12 months and one day’s imprisonment; three years’ supervised release… (March 18, 2005). 2. 30 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (March 18, 2015).

54. Charles Overton Scott

  • Offense: Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud.
  • Sentence: 42 months’ imprisonment; two years’ supervised release; $5,000 fine; $500,000 restitution (February 12, 2025).

55. Alexander Sittenfeld

  • Offense: Bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds; attempted extortion under color of official right.
  • Sentence: 16 months’ imprisonment; one year’s supervised release; $40,000 fine (October 10, 2023).

56. Earl Lamont Smith

  • Offense: Theft of government property.
  • Sentence: 18 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release; $163,330 restitution (March 24, 2010).

57. Imaad Shah Zuberi

  • Offense: Violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act; tax evasion; foreign, conduit, and other illegal campaign contributions; tampering with a witness, victim or informant (obstruction of justice).
  • Sentence: 144 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release; $1,750,000 fine; $15,705,080.11 restitution (February 18, 2021).

58. Jeremy Young Hutchinson

  • Offense: 1. Conspiracy to commit bribery. 2. Aiding and abetting filing of false income tax return. 3. Conspiracy; criminal forfeiture of property.
  • Sentence: Multiple sentences, longest is 50 months’ imprisonment (consecutive).

59. Changpeng Zhao

  • Offense: Failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program.
  • Sentence: Four months’ imprisonment; $50,000,000 fine (April 30, 2024).

60. Glen Casada

  • Offense: Conspiracy to defraud the United States; honest services wire fraud (four counts); use of a fictitious name to carry out a fraud; conspiracy to commit money laundering; money laundering (eight counts).
  • Sentence: 36 months’ imprisonment; one year’s supervised release (September 23, 2025).

61. Cade Cothren

  • Offense: Conspiracy to defraud the United States; honest services wire fraud (six counts); use of fictitious name to carry out unlawful business; conspiracy to commit money laundering; money laundering (seven counts).
  • Sentence: 30 months’ imprisonment; one year’s imprisonment; $25,000 fine (September 16, 2025).

62. Robert Henry Harshbarger, Jr.

  • Offense: Introducing misbranded drugs into Interstate commerce; health care fraud.
  • Sentence: 48 months’ imprisonment; $25,000 fine; $848,504.34 restitution (November 4, 2013).

63. Troy Lake

  • Offense: Conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act.
  • Sentence: 12 months and one day’s imprisonment; $2,500 fine (December 5, 2024).

64. Michael McMahon

  • Offense: Acting as an agent of a foreign government without prior notification to the Attorney General; conspiracy to engage in interstate stalking; stalking.
  • Sentence: 18 months’ imprisonment; two years’ supervised release; $11,000 fine (April 16, 2025).

65. Darryl Strawberry, Sr.

  • Offense: Income tax evasion.
  • Sentence: Three years’ probation, conditioned upon six months’ home confinement and 100 hours’ community service (April 24, 1995).

66. Michelino Sunseri

  • Offense: Leaving the Garnet Canyon Trail to use the shortcut of the Old Climber’s Trail in violation of the Superintendent’s 2024 Compendium.
  • Sentence: N/A.

Section 2: Commutations Granted (15 Grants)

67. Jean Pinkard

  • Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute controlled substances.
  • Sentence: One year and one day’s imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (May 8, 2024).

68. Jason Galanis

  • Offense: 1. Conspiracy to commit securities fraud (two counts); securities fraud; investment adviser fraud. 2. Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud; conspiracy to commit investment adviser fraud.
  • Sentence: 1. 135 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release; $37,032,337.43 restitution (as amended June 5, 2017) (February 15, 2017). 2. 173 months’ imprisonment, with 60 months consecutive; three years’ supervised release (concurrent); $47,785,176 restitution (August 11, 2017).

69. Ozy Media, Inc.

  • Offense: Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
  • Sentence: One year’s probation; $36,769,153.97 restitution (January 6, 2025).

70. Carlos Roy Watson

  • Offense: Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theft.
  • Sentence: 116 months’ imprisonment; two years’ supervised release; $36,769,153.97 restitution (as amended January 6, 2025) (December 16, 2024).

71. Michael Ray Harris

  • Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to aid and abet possession and distribution of cocaine; aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
  • Sentence: 235 months’ imprisonment (commuted to expire on January 19, 2021); five years’ supervised release; $80,000 fine (November 26, 1990).

72. Larry Hoover

  • Offense: Narcotics conspiracy; continuing criminal enterprise; use of persons under age 18; distribution of cocaine; use of a communication facility in committing the narcotics conspiracy; distribution of cocaine (two counts) use of a firearm in the commission of a drug trafficking crime.
  • Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (June 18, 1998).

73. Marian I Morgan

  • Offense: Conspiracy to defraud the United States; wire fraud (7 counts); transfer of funds taken by fraud (5 counts); money laundering (6 counts); making false statements on income tax returns (3 counts).
  • Sentence: 405 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release; $19,958,995 restitution (April 27, 2012).

74. Garnett Gilbert Smith

  • Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
  • Sentence: 300 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (January 30, 2014).

75. Charles Lavar Tanner

  • Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; attempt to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
  • Sentence: 360 months’ imprisonment (as amended) (commuted to expire on October 21, 2020); 10 years’ supervised release; $1,000 fine (May 26, 2009).

76. Anabel Valenzuela

  • Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; conspiracy to commit money laundering; criminal forfeiture (two counts).
  • Sentence: 384 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (January 5, 2009).

77. Edward Ruben Sotelo

  • Offense: Conspiracy; continuing criminal enterprise; possession with intent to distribute 1 kilogram of cocaine, aiding and abetting (two counts); use of telephone to facilitate commission of a felony (three counts); possession with intent to distribute 10 pounds of marijuana, and aiding and abetting; distribution of more than five kilograms of cocaine and aiding and abetting.
  • Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years’ supervised release; $50,000 fine (August 17, 1995).

78. Joe Angelo Sotelo

  • Offense: Conspiracy; possession with intent to distribute one kilogram of cocaine and aiding and abetting.
  • Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (August 17, 1995).

79. Imaad Shah Zuberi (Amended)

  • Offense: Violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act; tax evasion; foreign, conduit, and other illegal campaign contributions; tampering with a witness, victim or informant (obstruction of justice).
  • Sentence: 144 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release; $1,750,000 fine; $15,705,080.11 restitution (February 18, 2021).

80. George Anthony Devolder Santos

  • Offense: Wire Fraud-The Party Program Scheme; aggravated identity theft.
  • Sentence: 87 months’ imprisonment; two years’ supervised release; $373,749.97 restitution (April 25, 2025).

81. David Gentile

  • Offense: Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; securities fraud; wire fraud (two counts).
  • Sentence: Seven years’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (May 9, 2025).