Memorandum on Estimated Costs of January 6 Pardons

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   Trump's blanket relief erased or reduced consequences with no violence-based screen, reaching defendants convicted across materially different conduct. Later litigation shows its effect on paid or unpaid restitution has to be settled case by case rather than treated as one settled transfer.

   Restitution section: $3 million ordered, 15 percent paid, estimated $2.6 million unpaid

   Clemency for January 6 Defendants — Audit finding · Cited analysis

2. documented

   The proclamation described the prosecutions as a grave injustice and national reconciliation. The approximately $2.6 million unpaid-restitution figure is a House Judiciary Committee minority-staff estimate, and post-pardon refund rulings show that case-level financial effects varied and remained legally contested.

   Restitution section: $3 million ordered, 15 percent paid, estimated $2.6 million unpaid

   Clemency for January 6 Defendants — Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit