Presidential Clemency Record

David Shafer

Pardon

  /   2025–Present

Record at a Glance

Clemency type
Pardon
Presidential term
2025–Present
Offense
Conduct within the scope described by Proclamation 10989 relating to the 2020 Presidential Election
Current status
Georgia election-interference prosecution dismissed November 26, 2025. Broader present legal/public status is not independently established.

Original Case

Georgia originally charged eight felonies: RICO, impersonating a public officer, two first-degree forgery counts, three false-statements-and-writings counts, and attempted filing of false documents (counts 1, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 40). These were allegations; remaining prosecution was dismissed in November 2025 without a trial conviction or sentence.

Clemency

Expressly named in Proclamation 10989. The proclamation grants a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to a broader class of U.S. citizens for covered 2020-election-related conduct; the named list is expressly non-exhaustive.

Trump Connection

Georgia Republican Party figure and Trump elector.

Since Clemency

  • 2025-11-26 · criminal case

    Georgia's remaining election-interference prosecution was dismissed following the replacement prosecutor's request.

    Legal Status: Dismissal; not a trial acquittal and not caused by federal pardon. Other jurisdictions require separate review.

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