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Four Former Blackwater Employees Found Guilty of Charges

U.S. Department of Justice, District of Columbia

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  1. convicted

    The four former Blackwater contractors whom Trump later pardoned were convicted in 2014: Nicholas Slatten of first-degree murder, and Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, and Dustin Heard of voluntary manslaughter, attempted manslaughter, and firearms offenses arising from the Nisur Square shooting, which DOJ said killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians and wounded at least 17 people.

    October 22, 2014 verdicts and victim count

    Jury convicted four Blackwater contractors for the Nisur Square shooting · Convicted October 22, 2014; pardoned December 22, 2020

  2. convicted
    Superseded · open corrected record

    The four Blackwater guards had been convicted in U.S. federal court of first-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter and related offenses arising from the Nisur Square shooting, which DOJ said killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians and injured 18.

    Verdict summary and casualty accounting

    Trump erased the sentences of four Blackwater guards convicted over the Nisur Square killings · superseded evidence record