Dems Say Trump’s Pardons Have So Far Cost $1.3B

NOTUS reports:

A new internal memo to House Judiciary Committee Democrats zeroes in on a new attack line: President Donald Trump’s nearly 1,600 pardons are expensive. According to the document, Trump’s pardons are costing crime victims and taxpayers potentially $1.3 billion.

“Not only has President Trump issued an unprecedented number of pardons in his second term,” the memo states, “he has used his clemency powers to take an estimated $1.3 billion away from victims and survivors of crime, allowing perpetrators to keep profiting from their crimes — a sharp break with established practice.”

For example, the $1.3 billion figure factors in $676 million the federal prosecutors calculated electric truck start-up founder Trevor Milton owed for defrauding his company’s shareholders.

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NEWS: Ranking Member @RepRaskin releases a new Committee staff analysis exposing how Trump’s corrupt pardon spree of nearly 1,600 criminals deprives victims of $1.3 billion in restitution and fines owed to them and American taxpayers. https://t.co/uA2ZJUbo6w

— House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) June 17, 2025