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
- D.C. disciplinary proceeding stayed/on hold in retrieved official docket; Georgia criminal charges dismissed.
Original Case
Georgia originally charged RICO and criminal attempt to commit false statements and writings (counts 1 and 22). No trial conviction or sentence resulted; remaining prosecution was dismissed November 26, 2025.
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
Justice Department official in Trump's first administration; proposed DOJ intervention in the 2020 election aftermath.
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.
- Development Source
Georgia remaining election charges dismissed November 26, 2025Associated Press
- Development Source
2026-06-26 · ethics proceeding
D.C. Court of Appeals held the disciplinary proceeding in abeyance; the docket also records his effort to supplement exceptions based on his pardon.
Legal Status: Disbarment recommended, not a final disbarment judgment in this docket.
- Development Source
In re Jeffrey Clark, 25-BG-0731D.C. Court of Appeals
- Development Source
Sources
- Primary Documentation
Proclamation 10989 — Granting Pardons for Certain Offenses Related to the 2020 Presidential ElectionGovInfo / Office of the Federal Register2026-09-24 - Primary Documentation
Proclamation 10989 (November 7, 2025)GovInfo / Office of the Federal Register - Primary Documentation
Georgia indictment, August 14, 2023, 23SC188947Fulton County Superior Court