Court sentenced Zuberi to 12 years, a $1.75 million fine, and $15.7 million in restitution
Reporting and findings
- convicted
Before Trump's commutation, Imaad Zuberi was sentenced on February 18, 2021 to 144 months in prison, $15,705,080 in restitution, and a $1.75 million criminal fine after guilty pleas to FARA false-statement, tax-evasion, illegal-campaign-contribution, and obstruction offenses spanning two cases.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Central District of California: Political Donor Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Lobbying and Campaign Contribution Crimes, Tax Evasion, Obstruction of JusticeSentence, financial orders, and plea chronology
- Axios: Trump inauguration donor sentenced to 12 years for illegal contribution, obstructionIndependent report on the 12-year sentence, $1.75 million fine, $15.7 million restitution, offenses, and inaugural-donation obstruction
Summary and current status
The historical sentence and financial orders are recorded separately from Trump's later commutation.
Sentence later commuted to time served with no further financial conditions
People and organizations
- Imaad ZuberiDefendant later granted a Trump commutation
- Donald J. TrumpDonald Trump root
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. TrumpTrump commutation recipient with federal convictionsImaad Zuberi
Money trail
penaltyZuberi criminal fine$1.75 million - Ordered from
- Imaad Zuberi
- Ordered to
- United States
restitutionZuberi restitution order$15,705,080 - Ordered from
- Imaad Zuberi
- Ordered to
- Court-designated restitution recipients
Figures
Zuberi prison term144 months Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Aggregate prison term imposed across Zuberi's two federal cases
- Period
- 2021-02-18 to 2021-02-18
- As of
- 2021-02-18
- Method
- Aggregate prison term in DOJ's sentencing announcement.
- Uncertainty
- Historical sentence later commuted to time served; not current time remaining.