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Prominent examples of Trump's pardons and commutations for fraud include:
Todd and Julie Chrisley: Granted full pardons in May 2025, the reality TV stars were previously convicted and sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison for federal tax evasion, bank fraud, and wire fraud, and were ordered to pay over \(\$17\) million in restitution
.Devon Archer: Received a full, unconditional pardon that forgave his conviction for defrauding investors and a Native American tribal entity, and also wiped out over \(\$43\) million in restitution Archer had been ordered to repay.
Trevor Milton: The founder of Nikola was pardoned by Trump prior to the calculation of restitution, sparing him his four-year sentence and wiping away a potential \(\$660\) million penalty to defrauded investors
.George Santos: Granted clemency for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft convictions, forgiving crimes related to defrauding voters and his financial donors.
Healthcare Fraudsters: Trump has granted clemency to numerous figures convicted of large-scale Medicare and Medicaid fraud. This includes a commutation for Philip Esformes (convicted of a \(\$1.3\) billion healthcare fraud scheme) and pardons for Lawrence S. Duran (who pleaded guilty to a \(\$25\) million fraud scheme).Critics, as well as several House committees, have raised concerns that many of these clemency grants benefited wealthy executives, political donors, and well-connected figures, despite the administration's stated goals of cracking down on financial abuse. You can review the complete, ongoing list of clemency actions published by the U.S. Department of Justice. | |
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