🔒 Pardon Tracker

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Every pardon. Every dollar wiped. Every victim left holding the bag. The full record of who bought their way out of prison.

166
Individual Pardons
20
Corrupt Politicians Freed
$1.5B+
Criminal Debt Wiped
1,500
Jan 6th Rioters Freed
$2.0B+
Victim Restitution Erased
8x
More Pardons Than Biden
🍽 Hall of Shame
The most outrageous individual pardons documented
Trevor Milton
Securities Fraud
Defrauded investors of $660 million. Donated $1.8M to Trump campaign. Pardon wiped entire $660M restitution obligation.
$660M wiped $1.8M to Trump
Paul Walczak
Tax Evasion Millions
Evaded millions in taxes. His mother paid $1 million to dine with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and raised millions for MAGA candidates.
Millions wiped $1M Mar-a-Lago dinner
Henry Cuellar
Bribery (Indicted)
Sitting congressman indicted for bribery in 2024. Trial set for April 2026. Trump pardoned him in December 2025 before the trial.
Never faced trial Political ally
George Santos
Fraud, Identity Theft, Embezzlement
Convicted of filing fraudulent FEC reports, embezzling from donors, stealing identities, and lying to Congress.
Sentence erased MAGA loyalist
Rod Blagojevich
Political Corruption 14 Counts
Convicted of trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat. Sentence commuted first term, fully pardoned second term. Record cleared.
14-year sentence wiped TV show contestant
Adriana & Andres Camberos
Mail & Wire Fraud
Convicted of $48.8M fraud scheme. Court ordered $48,824,415.45 restitution each. Trump pardoned both victims will never be repaid.
$97.6M restitution erased Unknown connections
📰 Latest Pardon News
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Jul
21
Just Security · 7h ago
Trust, But Verify: Three Grand Jury Reforms to Hold the Government Accountable
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury … — Amendment V, United States…
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Jul
21
Just Security · 8h ago
Early Edition: July 21, 2026
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: IRAN WAR The…
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Jul
21
ProPublica · 11h ago
My Maddening Quest to Find Out if Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed
Illustration by Andrew B. Myers for ProPublica Over the past year, I’ve reported at length about crimes against farmworkers who have come to the U.S. legally from Mexico and Central…
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Jul
20
Just Security · 1d ago
“Zero Evidence”: How Judges and Grand Juries Have Rejected the Trump Administration Efforts to Investigate and Prosecute
The second Trump administration has tried to use the federal government’s broad power to investigate alleged violations of law and gather evidence against a wide range of people, institutions, and…
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Jul
20
Just Security · 1d ago
Early Edition: July 20, 2026
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major news and developments over the weekend. Here’s today’s news: IRAN WAR The Pentagon said yesterday…
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Jul
20
Just Security · 1d ago
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
This living, searchable resource tracks legal challenges to Trump administration executive actions. If you think we are missing anything, you can email us at lte@justsecurity.org. The Tracker is part of…
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Jul
20
ProPublica · 1d ago
On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet
Very few homes in Adak, Alaska, are occupied, yet many, like these in the town’s Sandy Cove neighborhood, are the subject of federal subsidies that provide outdated internet service. Marc…
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Jul
17
ProPublica · 4d ago
Trump Officials Want to Use Human Rights Aid to Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in Europe
Collage by Alex Bandoni/ProPublica. Source image: Roberto Schmidt/Stringer/Getty Images. For decades, the U.S. Department of State gave money to groups protecting free speech, human rights and persecuted minorities in poor…
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Jul
16
ProPublica · 5d ago
Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA Dallas-area Democrats are demanding that Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton be investigated for illegal voting after ProPublica and The…
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Jul
16
ProPublica · 5d ago
DHS Plans “All-Out War” on Immigration Scammers as Fraud Complaints Double
Bloomberg/Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a sophisticated network of scammers who target people caught in immigration proceedings, bilking them of their savings and causing some to…
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Jul
16
ProPublica · 5d ago
How to Research Private Schools Like an Investigative Reporter
Illustration by Millie von Platen for ProPublica If you’re considering sending a child to private school, you’ve likely seen some glossy photos and lofty mission statements. But marketing brochures and…
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Jul
16
ProPublica · 5d ago
Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars
Illustration by Shoshana Gordon/ProPublica. Source images: Paul Sableman via Flickr A decade ago, the state of Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexual abuse of a 16-year-old boy.…
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Jul
15
ProPublica · 6d ago
FBI Has Looked at Using Questionable AI Tech to Review Signatures on Seized Mail-In Ballots
An FBI press officer approaches the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City, Georgia. Arvin Temka/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP The FBI has explored using artificial intelligence to assess the…
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Jul
15
ProPublica · 6d ago
This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.
Photo illustration by Shoshana Gordon/ProPublica. Source images: via Renee Johns, obtained by ProPublica from Craighead County Sheriff's Office in Arkansas At her private school just beyond the city limits of…
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Jul
15
ProPublica · 6d ago
FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for the 2025 Kennedy Center honors gala. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images The rich and famous who filed into the Kennedy Center’s opera…
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Jul
14
ProPublica · 7d ago
What We Uncovered About the Sexual Assault of Alice Sebold and a City’s Buried Rape Crisis
Illustration by Vanessa Saba for ProPublica. Source images: The Washington Post/Getty Images, Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Images, Onondaga District Attorney, County of Onondaga, State of New York, Courtesy of Alice Sebold, New…
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Jul
1
CREW · 20d ago
Trump’s corruption is ruining 250th celebrations. We won’t let it ruin the next 250 years.
The post Trump’s corruption is ruining 250th celebrations. We won’t let it ruin the next <span class="dewidow">250 years.</span> appeared first on CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
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📈 External Trackers
The organizations doing the deep work go deeper
CREW
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Tracks every corrupt politician pardon with full documentation.
citizensforethics.org →
TrumpCriminals.ca.gov
California Governor's official tracker of every convicted criminal pardoned. Updated as new pardons are issued.
gov.ca.gov/trumpcriminals →
CorruptionCounter
$2.9B+ in documented Trump corruption tracked in real time. Foreign bribes, pardons for sale, quid pro quo deals.
corruptioncounter.com →
Just Security
Legal analysis of pardons, executive power, and rule of law. The lawyers explaining what it all means.
justsecurity.org →
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