President Donald Trump pardoned 73 people and changed the sentences of 70 others during his last hours as president. The additional 73 exemptions announced today double the number of people who pardoned Trump during his presidency.
The list of people favored by Trump does not include his family members or himself, although it is speculated that he would try to do so. Trump’s notable pardons announced today include former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and rapper Lil Wayne, while documentary star Joe Exotic did not receive the forgiveness he had hoped for.
The president is the only person with the power to forgive someone. Pardons apply to federal criminal convictions, but not state crimes. While pardon is usually granted to people convicted of a federal crime, pardons can also relate to conduct that has not yet led to legal action.
Furthermore, a pardon does not indicate that the person is innocent of the offense for which they are pardoned, but it does release him from the crime, and also restores the rights revoked due to their federal conviction.
Below is a list of the people who were forgiven by Trump, as announced on his last day as president, January 20, 2021.
List of people pardoned by President Donald Trump today
- Todd Boulanger – guilty of conspiracy to commit honest service fraud
- Abel Holtz – pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice
- Representative Rick Renzi – convicted of extortion, bribery, insurance fraud, money laundering and racketeering
- Kenneth Kurson – charged with cyber stalking
- Casey Urlacher – Charged with conspiracy to gamble illegally
- Carl Andrews Boggs – pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy
- James E. Johnson, Jr. – pleaded guilty to charges related to migratory birds
- Tommaso Buti – charged with financial fraud
- Glen Moss – convicted of unspecified charges
- Anthony Levandowski – Admitted guilty of a single criminal case arising from civil litigation
- Aviem Sella – charged with espionage
- Michael Liberty – convicted of campaign finance offenses and later charged with related offenses
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- Greg Reyes convicted of security fraud
- Jeffrey Alan Conway – No reason given
- Benedict Olberding – convicted of bank fraud
- Syrita Steib-Martin – convicted of using fire to commit a crime
- Eric Wesley Patton – convicted of falsifying a mortgage application
- Robert William Cawthon – Convicted of falsifying a bank loan application
- Hal Knudson Mergler – Convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute and Distribute Lysergic Acid Diet (LSD)
- Gary Evan Hendler – Convicted of conspiracy to distribute and distribute controlled drugs
- John Harold Wall – convicted of aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine
- Steven Samuel Grantham – convicted of theft of a vehicle
- Clarence Olin Freeman – convicted of operating an illegal whiskey
- Fred Keith Alford – convicted of a firearms offense
- Alex Adjmi – convicted of a financial crime
- Elliott Broidy – Convicted of conspiracy to serve as unregistered agent of a foreign principal
- Stephen K. Bannon – Charges related to fraud due to his involvement in a political project
- Douglas Jemal – convicted of fraud
- Dr Scott Harkonen – convicted of fraud
- Johnny D. Phillips, Jr. – convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud and e-mail fraud
- Dr Mahmoud Reza Banki – Complaint for making false statements
- John Nystrom – did not warn the right authorities when he heard that a subcontractor receives double payments for work performed
- Gregory Jorgensen, Deborah Jorgensen, Martin Jorgensen (post-mortem pardon for Martin Jorgensen) —Sentencing for wrong trade
- Jessica Frease – Convicted of converting stolen checks and negotiating them by the bank where she worked as a teller
- Robert Cannon “Robin” Hayes – serving a one-year probation for a false statement during a federal investigation
- Thomas Kenton “Ken” Ford – admits he made a significant misrepresentation to federal mining officials
- Scott Conor Crosby – participated in an employee’s plan to commit a bank robbery
- Lynn Barney – has a firearm as a previously convicted criminal, after being previously convicted of distributing a small amount of marijuana
- Joshua J. Smith – conspiracy to possess drugs for the purpose of distribution
- Amy Povah – a drug offense
- Dr Frederick Nahas – pleaded guilty to one miscarriage of justice in health care investigation
- David Tamman – Doctored Financial Documents
- Dr Faustino Bernadett – Failure to report a hospital return plan
- Paul Erickson – charged with petty financial crime
- Todd Farha, Thaddeus Bereday, William Kale, Paul Behrens, Peter Clay – Criminal prosecuted for a state regulatory matter involving the reporting of expenses to a state health agency
- David Rowland – a violation of the Clean Air Act
- Randall “Duke” Cunningham (conditional pardon) – accepts bribes while holding public office
- Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., or Lil Wayne – Convicted of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon
- Stephen Odzer (conditional pardon) – convicted of conspiracy and bank fraud
- Steven Benjamin Floyd – pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery by extortion
- Joey Hancock – Convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substance
- David E. Miller – Admits guilt in one case for making a false statement to a bank
- James Austin Hayes – Convicted of conspiracy to commit insider trading
- Drew Brownstein – Convicted of Trading Inside
- Robert Bowker – Convicted of violating Lacey Act banning wildlife trade
- Amir Khan – pleaded guilty to wire fraud
- Patrick Lee Swisher – convicted of tax fraud and false statements
- Robert Sherrill – Convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine
- Dr Robert S. Corkern – Convicted of Bribery of the Federal Program
- David Lamar Clanton – convicted of false statements and related charges
- George Gilmore – convicted of failure to pay payroll taxes and false statements
- Desiree Perez – Conspiracy to Distribute Narcotics
- Robert “Bob” Zangrillo – Charged with Varsity Blues Investigation
- Hillel Nahmad – convicted of a sports offense
- Brian McSwain – An unspecified drug crime
- John Duncan Fordham – convicted of one charge of fraud in healthcare
- William “Ed” Henry – helps steal government property