CLC reports nearly $5.2 million in 2025 clemency lobbying payments
Reporting and findings
- estimate
Campaign Legal Center reports nearly $5.2 million in disclosed 2025 payments from clients seeking Trump clemency. This is lobbying expenditure, not money paid to the president, and excludes undisclosed advocacy.
- Campaign Legal Center: Inside the Pardon Playbook: An Analysis of President Trump's Clemency AbusesBrokered Pardons section, final paragraph
Summary and current status
Reported aggregate of disclosed lobbying payments
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpPresident whose clemency grants are examined
Money trail
feeReported 2025 clemency lobbying payments (approximate)Nearly $5.2 million - Reported fee payer / source
- Clients seeking Trump clemency with disclosed 2025 lobbying payments
- Reported fee recipient
- Lobbying firms and advocates named in the cited disclosures
- Financially affected
- Clients whose clemency-related lobbying payments were disclosed for 2025