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Imaad Zuberi

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Relationship to TrumpTrump inaugural donor through Avenue Venturesbusiness · political / 2 sources
Release directed by Trump's commutation warrantcustody / 2025-05-28–2025-05-28Entire sentence commuted to time served with no further fines, restitution, probation, or other conditionslegal / 2025-05-28–2025-10-01

Exact relationships

  1. had inaugural committee receive $900,000 fromlegalpoliticalconvicted · 1 file · 1 source reference
  2. Trump inaugural donor and later commutation recipientbusinesslegalpoliticalconvicted · 1 file · 2 source references
  3. Trump commutation recipient with federal convictionsbusinesslegalpoliticalconvicted · 1 file · 2 source references
  4. Trump commutation recipientlegalpoliticaldocumented · 2 files · 3 source references
  5. Trump commutation recipient in later appeallegalpoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 2 source references

Money, power & fallout

  1. Zuberi gave $900,000 through Avenue Ventures to Trump's inaugural committeeHistorical inaugural-committee donationTrump inaugural donor through Avenue Ventures · documented · 2 sources
  2. Zuberi backdated a $50,000 refund during the inaugural-donation investigationConduct included in guilty plea and sentenceTrump inaugural donor and later commutation recipient · convicted · 2 sources
    1. paymentZuberi refund later backdated during investigation$50,000
      Paid by / source
      Imaad Zuberi
      Received by
      Unnamed inaugural-donation contributor
      realized · 2019-02-25 · observedPopulation Refund Zuberi gave one contributor on February 25, 2019 and backdated to February 1Period 2019-02-25 to 2019-02-25Basis Refund amount and actual transfer date admitted in the criminal information's obstruction allegations incorporated into Zuberi's guilty plea.Limits The contributor is unnamed in the cited claim; the false February 1 date is not used as the transaction date.Open cited evidence
  3. Court sentenced Zuberi to 12 years, a $1.75 million fine, and $15.7 million in restitutionSentence later commuted to time served with no further financial conditionsTrump commutation recipient with federal convictions · convicted · 2 sources
    1. penaltyZuberi criminal fine$1.75 million
      Ordered from
      Imaad Zuberi
      Ordered to
      United States
      ordered · 2021-02-18 · observedPopulation Criminal fine ordered at Zuberi's February 2021 sentencingPeriod 2021-02-18 to 2021-02-18Basis Exact criminal fine in DOJ's sentencing announcement.Limits Historical order; Trump's May and October 2025 warrants later specified no further fines.Open cited evidence
    2. restitutionZuberi restitution order$15,705,080
      Ordered from
      Imaad Zuberi
      Ordered to
      Court-designated restitution recipients
      ordered · 2021-02-18 · observedPopulation Restitution ordered at Zuberi's February 2021 sentencingPeriod 2021-02-18 to 2021-02-18Basis Restitution amount in DOJ's sentencing announcement, rounded there to the nearest dollar.Limits Historical order; Trump's May and October 2025 warrants later specified no further restitution.Open cited evidence

    144 monthsZuberi prison term · 2021-02-18

  4. Signed warrant commuted Zuberi's entire sentence to time served and ordered his releaseSuperseded in form by an amended October warrant covering both criminal docketsTrump commutation recipient · documented · 2 sources
  5. Ninth Circuit affirmed Zuberi's convictions and ordered a limited sentencing remandConvictions affirmed; limited sentencing remand issuedTrump commutation recipient in later appeal · documented · 2 sources
  6. Amended Trump warrant extended Zuberi's commutation language across both criminal docketsAmended commutation warrant is the latest clemency instrumentTrump commutation recipient · documented · 1 source
    1. debt reliefRemaining fine and restitution terminated by amended commutationOutstanding balance not stated USD obligations
      Relief granted by
      United States
      Debt-relief beneficiary
      Imaad Zuberi
      realized · 2025-10-01 · observedPopulation Any unpaid fine, restitution, probation, or other financial conditions remaining in Zuberi's two listed criminal dockets on October 1, 2025Period 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-01Basis Amended warrant terminating further fines and restitution; original sentence amounts are not a measure of the unknown unpaid balance.Limits Amounts paid before clemency and the balance terminated on October 1, 2025 are unstated in the public warrant.Open cited evidence
  7. A $900,000 inaugural donor obstructed the donation probe; Trump later commuted his sentenceConvictions affirmed; prison term commuted in 2025 with conviction and financial penalties intact.had inaugural committee receive $900,000 from · convicted · 1 source
    1. paymentDonation routed to Trump inaugural committee$900,000
      Paid by / source
      Imaad Zuberi and other contributors
      Received by
      58th Presidential Inaugural Committee
      realized · 2016-12-31 · observedPopulation The single late-2016 donation DOJ described as made by Zuberi through his company to the presidential inaugural committeePeriod 2016-11-09 to 2016-12-31Basis Amount stated in DOJ's sentencing release and obstruction-case description.Limits DOJ stated that some of the $900,000 came from other people, including a $50,000 check; this observation does not classify the full sum as foreign-government money.Open cited evidence

    otherPresidential commutation of Zuberi's remaining prison term; the conviction and financial penalties were not pardoned.

Source: Brian Melley / Associated Press, File, via Bay News 9 · Rights/use: Copyright 2020 The Associated Press; unlicensed low-resolution editorial use · Modified: cropped and resized