Last Updated on January 10, 2026 by Serena Zehlius, Editor
December 12, 2025: Added a table at the end of this article listing each of the 159+ pardons so far in Trump’s second term. Jump to the list of Trump pardons
President Trump has pardoned murderers, rapists, drug dealers, thieves, and violent criminals at an unprecedented rate since the start of his second term. The number of criminals Trump pardoned so far is insane for the so-called “law and order” President. Creating the list of Trump pardons was exhausting due to the sheer number of people (criminals).
Chris Hayes of All In With Chris Hayes on MS NOW has been keeping track of every criminal who received a pardon so far in Trump’s second term.
Hayes went through his list of Trump pardons the other night. He named each person and explained the crime(s) they were convicted of. The drug traffickers and dealers were surprising considering the administration is currently murdering people who, they claim, are bringing drugs to the United States (but they’re not).
So how do Trump supporters reconcile the boat bombing operation with the pardoning of the worst drug trafficker ever, Juan Orlando Hernández? If you look at the list of Trump pardons you’ll also see a few people convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine (meaning they were selling it or possessed much more than law enforcement considers an amount typical of “personal use”).
Trump says they’re murdering the people they call “Narco-terrorists” for bringing cocaine to the U.S. and killing Americans, but someone who brought 400 tons into the country and the people who then sell that cocaine are ok? Hypocrisy may be dead but this is just too obvious to ignore. Right?
It was shocking to learn about some of the crimes the people on the list of Trump pardons had been in prison for, yet they were still set free with zero consequences or accountability.
The Criminals Trump Pardoned
The list of Trump pardons includes 1,500 violent insurrectionists who assaulted police officers on January 6th and a man who committed a triple homicide in Spain who now walks free on the streets of America.
The administration also worked to get Romania to allow the Tate brothers to leave the country and return to the United States. While in Florida, Andrew Tate assaulted a woman—choked her—and was charged with assault.
Andrew Tate isn’t the only one who was pardoned and committed a crime after being “freed” by Trump. Several of the criminals Trump pardoned for crimes committed on January 6th were arrested after committing new crimes.
Trump and the Republicans were quick to blame President Biden and Vice President Harris for every immigrant who committed a violent crime, yet President Trump pardons an immigrant who bludgeoned three people to death?
The MS-13 gang leader—a kingpin—was reportedly freed and sent to El Salvador as part of a corrupt scheme with the Bukele government.
Trump sent innocent Venezuelans to CECOT in El Salvador, claiming they were gang members, he made a huge spectacle of the MS-13 “tattoos” on the knuckles of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, yet he freed an MS-13 Kingpin?
After watching Chris Hayes go through the list of criminals President Trump has pardoned, the claims that he is “fighting crime” are simply ridiculous.
List of Trump Pardons 2025
| DATE | WHO | CRIME(S) THEY COMMITTED |
|---|---|---|
| January 20, 2025 | 1. 1,500+ January 6th insurrectionists | No explanation needed |
| January 21, 2025 | Ross Ulbricht | Aiding and abetting distribution of drugs over the internet, etc. |
| January 22, 2025 | 2. Andrew Zabavsky 3. Terrence Dale Sutton, Jr. | Conspiracy, obstruction Murder, conspiracy |
| 4. January 23, 2025 | 4. Lauren Handy 5. Jonathan Darnel 6. Jay Smith 7. Paul Paulette Harlow 8. Jean Marshall 9. John Hinshaw 10. Heather Idoni 11. William Goodman 12. Joan Bell 13. Herb Geraghty 14. Chester Gallagher 15. Calvin Zastrow 16. Coleman Boyd 17. Caroline Davis 18. Paul Vaughn 19. Dennis Green 20. Eva Edl 21. James Zastrow 22. Paul Place 23. Joel Curry 24. Justin Phillips 25. Beverly Beatty Williams 26. Christopher Moscinzski | Everyone: Violation of the FACE Act Variety of other crimes differing among them along with the FACE Act violation |
| February 10, 2025 | 27. Rod Blagojevich | Wire fraud, extortion, etc. |
| March 11, 2025 | 28. Brian Kelsey | Conspiring to defraud the United Statea |
| March 20, 2025 | 29. Thomas Edward Caldwell | Tampering with documents or proceedings |
| March 25, 2025 | 30. Devon Archer | Conspiracy to commit securities fraud, securities fraud |
| March 27, 2025 | 31. Trevor Milton 32. Arthur Hayes 33. Ben Delo 34. Samuel Reed 35. Gregory Dwyer 36. HDR Global Trading, Ltd | Violating the bank secrecy act |
| April 23, 2025 | 37. Michele Fiore 38. Paul Walczak 39. Scott Howard Jenkins 40. Scott Howard Jenkins | Willful failure to pay trust fund taxes |
| May 27, 2025 | 41. Scott Howard Jenkins 42. James Callahan | 41. Conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds, etc. 42. Filing false labor union reports |
| May 28, 2025 | 43. Kevin Eric Baisden 44. Mark Bashaw 45. Todd Chrisley 46. Julie Chrisley 47. Kentrell Gaulden 48. Michael Grimm 49. Michael Harris 50. James Kernan 51. Marlene Kernan 52. Tanner J. Mansell 53. John R. Moore, Jr. 54. John Rowland 55. Charles Overton Scott 56. Alexander Sittenfield 57. Earl Lamont Smith 58. Charles Lavar Tanner | 43. Shoplifting, Second degree theft 44. Violation of lawful orders (US Army) 45, 46. Tax evasion, wire fraud 47. Possession of illegal firearm, drug charges 48. Preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns 49. Possession with intent to distribute cocaine 50., 51. Knowingly and willingly allowed felon to be engaged in business of insurance 52., 53. Theft of property with special maritime jurisdiction 54. Conspiracy to defraud the United States, falsification of records in a federal investigation 55. Conspiracy to commit securities fraud, securities fraud 56. Bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, attempted extortion 57. Theft of government property 58. Possession with intent to distribute cocaine |
| May 29, 2025 | 59. Jeremy Young Hutchison | Conspiracy to commit bribery, aiding and abetting filing of false income tax return |
| October 21, 2025 | 60. Changpeng Zhao | Failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program |
| November 7, 2025 | 61. Glen Casada 62. Cade Cothren 63. Robert Henry Harshbarger, Jr 64. Troy Lake 65. Michael McMahon 66. Darryl Strawberry, Sr 67. Michelino Sunseri | 61. 17 charges including money laundering and wire fraud 62. 19 charges including money laundering and wire fraud 63. Introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, health care fraud 64. Conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act 65. Acting as illegal foreign agent, stalking 66. Income tax evasion 67. failure to comply with restrictions regarding “hiking or pedestrian use” of trails |
| November 9, 2025 | 68. Mark Amick 69. Kathy Berden 70. Christina Bobb 71. Tyler Bower 72. Joseph Brannan 73. Carol Brunner 74. Mary Buestrin 75. Darryl Carlson 76. James “Ken” Carroll 77. Brad Carver 78. Robert Cheeley 79. Kenneth Chesebro 80. Hank Choate 81. Jeffrey Clark 82. Vikki Consiglio 83. James DeGraffenreid 84. Nancy Cottle 85. John Downey 86. James Eastman 87. Jena Ellis 88. Boris Epshteyn 89. Amy Facchinello 90. Bill Frehan 91. Carolyn Fisher 92. Harrison Floyd 93. Clifford Frost 94. Kay Godwin 95. Edward Scott Grabins 96. Stanley Grot 96. Rudy Giuliani 97. John Haggard 98. Scott Hall 99. Missy Hampton 100. David G Hanna 101. Mark Hennessey 102. Mari-Ann Henry 103. Durward James Hindle III 104. Andrew Hitt 105. Jake Hoffman 106. Burt Jones 107. Anthony T Kern 108. Kathy Kiernan 109. Timothy King 110. Trevian Kutti 111. James Lamon 112. Cathleen Latham 113. Jesse Law 114. Stephen Lee 115. Michele Lundgren 116. Meshawn Maddock 117. Michael McDonald 118. Mark Meadows 119. Shawn Meehan 120. Robert Montgomery 121. Darryl Moody 122. Samuel I Moorhead 123. Lorraine Pelligrino 124. Sidney Powell 125. James Renner 126. Eileen Rice 127. Mayra Rodriguez 128. Mike Roman 129. Rose Rook 130. Kelly Ruh 131. Greg Safsten 132. David Shafer 133. Marian Sheridan 134. Ray Stallings Smith III 135. Robert F Spindell Jr 136. Shawn Still 137. Ken Thompson 138. Pam Travis 139. James Troupis 140. Kent Vanderwood 141. Kelli Ward 142. Michael Ward 143. C.B. Yadav | Crimes related to the 2020 fake electors scheme. Preemptive pardons as there haven’t been any convictions in the case brought by the state of Georgia (which can’t be pardoned). |
| November 13, 2025 | 144. Joe Lewis | Insider trading and conspiracy |
| November 14, 2025 | 145. Suzanne Kaye 146. Joseph Schwartz 147. Daniel Edwin Wilson | 145. Interstate communications, threats 146. Willful failure to pay over employment taxes 147. Possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, possession of an unregistered firearm |
| December 1, 2025 | 148. Juan Orlando Hernández | Conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States; possessing machine guns and destructive devices in furtherance of the cocaine importation conspiracy; conspiracy to use and carry machine guns and destructive devices |
| December 2, 025 | 149. Tim Leiweke 150. Henry Cuellar | 149. Conspiring to rig a bid 150. All that corruption. You know, the gold bars? Set to go to trial. |
| December 11, 2025 | 151. Tina Peters | Influencing a public servant, conspiracy to impersonate, official misconduct, violation of duty |
I’m not even getting into the list of Commutations.
