Clemency Grants by President Donald J. Trump, 2025 to Present

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DOJ records show Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to causing Binance to fail to maintain an effective anti-money-laundering program and was sentenced April 30, 2024 to four months and a $50 million fine; Binance's separate $4.3 billion corporate resolution is not attributed to Zhao personally. DOJ later records Trump's 2025 pardon.
October 21, 2025 pardon row includes the sentence and offense
Zhao pleads guilty and receives a four-month sentence before the Trump pardon · Historical conviction; later pardoned by Trump
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The Justice Department records Trump’s January 21, 2025 pardon of Silk Road founder Ross William Ulbricht. The roster lists his May 29, 2015 life sentence and offenses involving internet drug distribution, a continuing criminal enterprise, computer-hacking conspiracy, identification-document fraud and money-laundering conspiracy.
January 21, 2025 — 1 Pardon; Ross William Ulbricht row
Silk Road — Trump grants a presidential pardon · Trump grants a presidential pardon
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Trump delivered the substance of his Silk Road clemency promise by granting Ross Ulbricht a pardon on January 21, 2025, rather than only commuting his sentence. The grant occurred on the second day of his term, after the promised first-day timing. The earlier drug-market and sentencing record remains distinct from this clemency decision; Ulbricht later thanked Trump at the September 2026 convention.
January 21, 2025 pardon; Ross William Ulbricht row
Silk Road — clemency promise and documented result · Cited comparison
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Donald Trump granted Ross Ulbricht a full pardon on January 21, 2025, covering the federal convictions listed in the Justice Department's clemency register.
Ross William Ulbricht row, January 21, 2025
Trump granted Ross Ulbricht a full pardon · Full pardon granted
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Trump pardoned a major crypto exchange and its executives out of their federal convictions while his administration promoted digital assets. The public record identifies no payment-for-clemency exchange.
March 27, 2025 BitMEX entries
BitMEX Corporate and Founder Pardons: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Trump issued full pardons to HDR Global Trading, Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, Samuel Reed, and Gregory Dwyer.
March 27, 2025 BitMEX entries
BitMEX Corporate and Founder Pardons: The record · The record
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Trump issued the pardons as president.
March 27, 2025 BitMEX entries
BitMEX Corporate and Founder Pardons: The record · The record
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The record documents contributions followed by a full pardon that relieved Milton's federal conviction consequences; it does not establish a quid pro quo.
March 27, 2025: Trevor Milton
Trevor Milton Pardon and Donor Sequence: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Trump granted Milton a full pardon for his securities- and wire-fraud convictions.
March 27, 2025: Trevor Milton
Trevor Milton Pardon and Donor Sequence: The record · The record
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Trump granted the clemency and his political committees received the reported contributions.
March 27, 2025: Trevor Milton
Trevor Milton Pardon and Donor Sequence: The record · The record
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Donald Trump granted full pardons on March 27, 2025 to HDR Global Trading Limited and former BitMEX executives Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, Samuel Reed, and Gregory Dwyer.
HDR Global Trading Limited, Hayes, Delo, Reed, and Dwyer rows, March 27, 2025
Trump pardoned BitMEX, its founders, and a former executive · Full pardons granted
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DOJ records Trump's 2025-04-23 pardon of Paul Walczak for willful failure to pay trust-fund taxes and failure to file a return or information.
2025-04-23 pardon table: Paul Walczak
Trump pardons Paul Walczak · Presidential pardon granted
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DOJ records Trump's 2025-05-27 pardon of Scott Howard Jenkins for bribery and honest-services fraud.
2025-05-27 pardon table: Scott Howard Jenkins
Trump pardons Scott Howard Jenkins · Presidential pardon granted
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DOJ records Trump's 2025-05-28 pardon of Julie Chrisley for bank fraud, tax offenses and obstruction of justice.
2025-05-28 pardon table: Julie Chrisley
Trump pardons Julie Chrisley · Presidential pardon granted
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DOJ records Trump's 2025-05-28 pardon of Todd Chrisley for bank fraud and tax offenses.
2025-05-28 pardon table: Todd Chrisley
Trump pardons Todd Chrisley · Presidential pardon granted
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The Justice Department's clemency roster records Trump's November 14, 2025 pardon of Joseph Schwartz. The filing establishes the fee and advocacy; the timing does not by itself establish that Trump received the money or exchanged the pardon for it.
November 14, 2025 clemency grants, Joseph Schwartz row
Pardon broker reports $960,000 from Joseph Schwartz before Trump's pardon · Lobbying disclosed; Trump granted the pardon November 14, 2025
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The record documents business overlap followed by clemency for Zhao's federal conviction; it does not establish that the overlap caused the pardon.
October 21, 2025: Changpeng Zhao
Changpeng Zhao Pardon and Trump-Family Crypto Sequence: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Trump granted Zhao a full pardon for his Bank Secrecy Act conviction.
October 21, 2025: Changpeng Zhao
Changpeng Zhao Pardon and Trump-Family Crypto Sequence: The record · The record
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Trump issued the pardon and is linked by disclosure to World Liberty Financial.
October 21, 2025: Changpeng Zhao
Changpeng Zhao Pardon and Trump-Family Crypto Sequence: The record · The record
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The Department of Justice records President Trump's full and unconditional pardon of Changpeng Zhao on October 21, 2025 for the offense listed in United States v. Zhao.
October 21, 2025 pardon row
Trump grants Changpeng Zhao a full pardon · Full and unconditional presidential pardon granted
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Donald Trump granted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao a full pardon on October 21, 2025 for his Bank Secrecy Act conviction.
Changpeng Zhao row, October 21, 2025
Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao · Full pardon granted
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DOJ records Trump's 2025-11-14 pardon of Joseph Schwartz for willful failure to pay employment taxes and failure to file the Annual 5500 Report.
2025-11-14 pardon table: Joseph Schwartz
Trump pardons Joseph Schwartz · Presidential pardon granted
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CBS reported that sources said Binance donated software used by World Liberty Financial and described the later $2 billion MGX investment settled with USD1 before Trump's pardon of Zhao. Counsel for Zhao and Binance denied providing technical support, personnel, or other resources; WLF counsel said Binance supplied freely available software only to save development time and said WLF neither contacted Trump about Zhao nor played a role in the pardon. AP separately reported Zhao's lawyer denied any link or quid pro quo between Binance's Trump-family business and the pardon.
October 21, 2025 pardon row
Reporting examines Binance-WLF support and USD1 links before Zhao's pardon · Pardoned October 21, 2025; Binance-WLF technical-support accounts remain disputed
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DOJ lists an amended January 20 pardon for Herrera Velutini. Its warrant identifies case 3:25-cr-297; DOJ lists the offense as contribution by a foreign national.
January 20, 2026, amended pardons: Julio M. Herrera Velutini
Amended Herrera Velutini pardon identifies the misdemeanor case · Amended pardon, not a second recipient
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Trump granted Joseph Schwartz a pardon on November 14, 2025.
November 14, 2025 clemency grants, Joseph Schwartz row.
Pardon lobbyist Joshua Nass is charged with attempted extortion · Attempted-extortion complaint; allegations not a conviction
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The Justice Department lists Trump’s January 21, 2025 pardon of Ross William Ulbricht. The roster records a May 29, 2015 life sentence and offenses involving internet drug distribution, a continuing criminal enterprise, computer-hacking conspiracy, identification-document fraud and money-laundering conspiracy.
January 21, 2025 — 1 Pardon; Ross William Ulbricht row
Ross Ulbricht addresses Republican convention after presidential pardon · Convention speech reported; earlier pardon documented