The Record Comes First.

A clear distinction between what is documented, what is alleged, and what is not known.

01 / What the Archive Includes

The archive contains 473 core clemency action records from Donald Trump’s first and second presidential terms. These include pardons, commutations, and individuals expressly named in broader clemency actions.

An archive record represents a clemency action, not necessarily a unique person. A person who received more than one distinct clemency action may therefore appear in more than one record.

02 / Start With the Official Record

The foundation of the archive is the public record maintained by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Pardon Attorney, along with presidential clemency warrants, proclamations, court records, government publications, and other primary documents.

Basic profiles contain the available official clemency information while deeper review continues. More developed profiles may include charging documents, judgments, plea records, appellate decisions, government releases, later court proceedings, and carefully identified supporting reporting.

03 / Keep Legal Stages Separate

Charges are not convictions. Allegations are not findings. A guilty plea is identified as a plea, a conviction as a conviction, and a civil or regulatory proceeding as something separate from a criminal case.

Pardons and commutations are also identified separately. When the available record is incomplete or a later proceeding remains unresolved, the archive says so rather than filling the gap with an assumption.

04 / Add Context Without Guessing

Detailed profiles may document a recipient’s background, the original case, the clemency action, connections to Donald Trump or people in his administration, and significant developments after clemency.

A documented relationship, political connection, donation, public endorsement, lobbying effort, or request for clemency may be relevant context. Its existence does not by itself establish why clemency was granted. The archive does not infer motives or exchanges that the available evidence does not establish.

05 / Follow the Record After Clemency

Clemency is not necessarily the end of a person’s public or legal history. Where relevant and adequately sourced, profiles may include later criminal cases, civil litigation, regulatory actions, professional discipline, court rulings, public appointments, or other significant developments.

Those developments are dated and described according to their actual legal status. A later allegation is not described as a conviction, and a dismissal or settlement is not described as an acquittal unless the record supports that conclusion.

06 / Every Profile Should Be Traceable

Sources are displayed on individual record pages so readers can examine the underlying material themselves. Primary government and court records are preferred whenever available. Supporting journalism and other secondary material may be used when it adds documented context or covers developments not adequately described in the primary record.

Records also carry a verification date so the archive can be revisited as new documents, corrections, or later developments become available.

07 / The Archive Is Still Growing

The 473 regular records currently published are the core clemency-action archive, not the final limits of the project. Many notable recipients already have expanded profiles, and additional profiles are being researched, reviewed, and enlarged on an ongoing basis.

The archive also contains 1,575 January 6 case records. These preserve the underlying source snapshot and distinguish pardons, commutations, and cases without a classified clemency action. Separately dated later developments are added where supported by sources; inclusion does not itself mean a person was convicted or pardoned.

Organizations and companies that received clemency are also not yet included as separate archive entries. They are part of the public clemency record and will be added as the archive expands.

08 / Corrections Are Part of the Process

This is a living public-record archive. Court records change, later proceedings occur, source links move, and mistakes should be corrected when they are found.

To submit a correction, source document, or other information relevant to a record, contact PardonsByTrump@gmail.com.

Primary Clemency Sources

DOJ: Pardons Granted by President Donald J. Trump, 2017–2021

DOJ: Commutations Granted by President Donald J. Trump, 2017–2021

DOJ: Clemency Grants by President Donald J. Trump, 2025–Present