Trump’s double pardon underscores sweeping use of clemency
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Key Points:
- President Donald Trump has significantly increased his use of presidential clemency powers in his second term, issuing roughly 1,609 pardons and clemencies within a year, compared to 148 during his first term.
- Trump has granted pardons to some individuals twice for separate federal convictions, such as Adriana Camberos, who was pardoned for unrelated fraud in 2021 and again in 2024 for a different crime.
- Many of Trump's second-term pardons focus on January 6 Capitol riot participants, political allies involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and donors or associates with financial ties to his political network.
- Trump appointed Alice Marie Johnson, a former drug offender he pardoned, as the White House
