Memorandum on Estimated Costs of January 6 Pardons

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1. analysisdocumented

   The blanket relief erased or reduced consequences without a violence-based screen and benefited defendants convicted across materially different conduct; later litigation shows that the effect on paid or unpaid restitution must be determined 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. factdocumented

   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