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Trump II Takes a Break From Signing EOs to Pardon 1,500 Jan. 6th Rioters/Insurgents/Conspiracists, Including Proud Boys Leaders.
Trump II Pardons Silk Round Founder Ross Ullbricht: Ullbricht had been sentenced to life in prison for his actions facilitating drug sales, etc on his website. Trump II said the pardon fulfilled a promise he made to the Libertarian Party during the election.
The order directs the Attorney General to immediately sign a grant of clemency for Devon Archer, who was involved in the case United States v. Archer, l:16-cr-371. The Attorney General is also directed to declare that this action is being performed on behalf of the President.
President Trump commuted the prison sentence of Carlos Watson, former CEO of Ozy Media, who had been convicted of fraud for misleading investors about the company’s finances. He also granted clemency to Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola Motors convicted of securities and wire fraud, and to the co-founders and a former employee of the crypto exchange BitMEX, who had pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws.
President Trump issued an unconditional pardon for Virginia Sheriff Scott Jenkins, who had been convicted of bribery and fraud after he accepted $75,000 in bribes in exchange for appointing several men as auxiliary deputies in his office. He was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Trump said Jenkins was the victim of the overzealous Biden-era Department of Justice.
President Trump pardoned Paul Walczak, tax cheat and nursing home executive after fundraising and lobbying effort from Walczak's mother. The pardon application noted Elizabeth Fago's efforts on behalf of her son, which also included an attempt to sell a diary that belonged to former president Biden's granddaughter.
On Wednesday the president pardoned or commuted the sentences of a couple dozen convicted criminals. Recipients of the get out of jail free cards included former gang leaders, an ex-Congressman convicted of tax evasion, reality TV stars guilty of defrauding banks and evading taxes, and a former governor of Connecticut. Many of the pardoned are vocal Trump supporters. Before this week's pardon-palooza, Ed Martin, the administration's chief pardons official, said on social media, "No MAGA left behind."