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Kentrell D. Gaulden

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  /   2025–Present

Record at a Glance

Clemency type
Pardon
Presidential term
2025–Present
Federal district
Utah
Offense
Felon in possession of a firearm
Sentence
23 months' imprisonment; no supervised release (December 10, 2024)
Current status
A Fulton County, Georgia resolution recognized Gaulden’s artistic work and proclaimed October 20, 2025 YoungBoy Never Broke Again Appreciation Day. That official public record supports a bounded professional-status update; it does not resolve or alter the separate state case.

Original Case

Gaulden resolved two federal firearm cases covered by the signed warrant: the DOJ clemency register identifies a Utah felon-in-possession conviction carrying 23 months' imprisonment (December 10, 2024), while contemporaneous reporting describes a second federal resolution carrying five years' probation and a $200,000 fine. His separate Utah prescription-drug-fraud case resulted in a $25,000 fine without additional imprisonment; it is a state matter and is not treated as erased by the federal pardon.

Clemency

May 28, 2025: full and unconditional pardon of both specified federal cases, 2:24-cr-270 and 1:24-cr-38. The warrant—not generalized news reporting—controls the two-case federal scope.

Trump Connection

No personal or campaign relationship between Gaulden and Trump is documented. The visible advocacy channel was Alice Marie Johnson, whom Trump had appointed as his “pardon czar.” Johnson said she considered Gaulden’s young age, childhood circumstances, and the conditions of the investigation when supporting relief. Her explanation supplies the clemency case presented to the administration, not a judicial finding about either federal prosecution.

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