In his role as the 47th president of the United States (January 20, 2025 – present), Donald Trump granted executive clemency to over 1,500 individuals as of January 22, 2025, in his second, all of whom were charged or convicted of federal criminal offenses.
Pardons
Pardon of participants in the January 6 attacks
On January 20, 2025, immediately after taking office a second time, Trump granted clemency to every criminal defendant charged, convicted, or sentenced for participation in the January 6 United States Capitol attack—approximately 1,500 defendants. Trump commuted the sentences of 14 people by name (members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers who were convicted of seditious conspiracy) and gave "a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021." Those pardoned included those convicted of plotting the attack, as well as those who violently attacked police on January 6. Among the most prominent far-right leaders granted clemency by Trump were Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys (Trump granted him a pardon, eliminating his 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy) and Stewart Rhodes (Trump commuted his 18-year sentence to time served); both were immediately released from federal prison.
Zabavsky and Sutton
On January 22, 2025, Trump issued full and unconditional pardons to Andrew Zabavsky and Terence Sutton, two Washington, DC police officers.
On October 23, 2020, Zabavsky and Sutton were involved in an unauthorized police pursuit that ended in a collision, which caused the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown. Sutton was found guilty of second-degree murder, conspiracy to obstruct, and obstruction of justice and was sentenced to 66 months in prison. Zabavsky was found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct and obstruction of justice and sentenced to 48 months in prison. Both men were ordered to serve three years of supervised release in addition to their prison terms.
Abortion protestors
On January 23, 2025, Trump granted pardons to 23 anti-abortion protestors. Among the 23 pardoned were Lauren Handy and 9 of her co-defendants, who were involved in the October 2020 blockade of a Washington, DC abortion clinic, and later convicted in violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
Commutations
See also
- Article Two of the United States Constitution
- Federal pardons in the United States
- List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump
- List of people granted executive clemency by Barack Obama
- List of people pardoned by Bill Clinton
- List of people pardoned by George W. Bush
- List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States
References
External links
- Clemency Statistics by President, U.S. Office of the Pardon Attorney
- Commutations granted by President Trump Archived January 26, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, U.S. Office of the Pardon Attorney
- White House Statement on January 19, 2021 Pardons and Communtations
