{"id":387629,"date":"2025-11-18T13:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/387629\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:23:10","slug":"many-new-york-political-figures-have-received-president-donald-trumps-amnesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/387629\/","title":{"rendered":"Many New York political figures have received President Donald Trump\u2019s amnesty"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an ideal world, the power of the presidential pardon can override grave miscarriages of justice. However, it has also been used in recent years to spring a political ally or friend from prison or prevent investigations into family members, like when then-President Joe Biden pardoned members of his family<\/a>. President Donald Trump, over his two terms, has pardoned many political figures in the New York political world, with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani among the latest batch. Here are some of the marquee names that Trump has either pardoned or commuted their sentence.<\/p>\n

Rudy Giuliani<\/strong><\/p>\n

The former New York City mayor was pardoned<\/a> on Nov. 7 for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. He was disbarred in New York, in part, for making false statements in federal court<\/a>.<\/p>\n

George Santos<\/strong><\/p>\n

The serial fabulist is free (and potentially leaving New York?<\/a>) His seven-year sentence<\/a> for wire fraud and identity theft was commuted by the president last month.<\/p>\n

Michael Grimm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former Rep. Michael Grimm was pardoned in May for the tax fraud charges<\/a> that led to his resignation from Congress. Grimm is now paralyzed<\/a> from the chest down after falling off a horse last year.<\/p>\n

Chris Collins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former Rep. Chris Collins is on the comeback after being pardoned in 2020 for insider trading charges<\/a>. He moved to a mansion in Florida<\/a>, leaving Western New York behind, and is planning to run for Congress<\/a> next year \u2013 plus he has a new book<\/a> coming out next month.<\/p>\n

Roger Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n

Political trickster<\/a> Roger Stone was connected to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and sentenced to 40 months in federal prison. He had his sentence commuted<\/a> and was pardoned<\/a>, both in 2020.<\/p>\n

Steve Bannon<\/strong><\/p>\n

A man of many shirts<\/a>, Steve Bannon was pardoned<\/a> as one of the final acts of Trump\u2019s first term. Bannon had been accused of defrauding border wall investors, and recently said he thought he\u2019d be going back to prison<\/a> if Democrats win in 2026 and 2028.<\/p>\n

Charles Kushner<\/strong><\/p>\n

The father of Trump\u2019s former senior adviser Jared Kushner, Charles Kushner served two years in prison<\/a> two decades ago for tax evasion and witness tampering. He was pardoned<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n

Douglas Jemal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Real estate developer Douglas Jemal, who has prominent ties to Western New York, received a last-minute pardon<\/a> before Trump\u2019s first term ended in 2021 for a 2006 fraud conviction.<\/p>\n

Albert Pirro<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ex-husband of Jeanine Pirro, the former Westchester district attorney and current U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Albert Pirro was pardoned in 2021<\/a> for 34 counts of conspiracy and tax evasion.<\/p>\n

Bernard Kerik<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bernard Kerik, the former New York City Police Department commissioner who died in May<\/a>, was pardoned in 2020<\/a> following a four-year sentence for tax fraud in 2010.<\/p>\n

Susan B. Anthony<\/strong><\/p>\n

Suffragette Susan B. Anthony was posthumously pardoned by Trump in 2020, which was rejected by the National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House in Rochester. She was arrested in 1872 for voting, and the museum\u2019s president and CEO said she wouldn\u2019t have wanted a pardon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dinesh D\u2019Souza<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Writer Dinesh D\u2019Souza pleaded guilty to making illegal campaign contributions to Wendy Long\u2019s 2012 U.S. Senate campaign in New York. He was pardoned by Trump in 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ken Kurson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former New York Observer editor Ken Kurson was pardoned in 2021<\/a> after he was accused of cyberstalking<\/a>, including installing spyware on his ex-wife\u2019s computer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Michael McMahon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last month, Trump pardoned<\/a> Michael McMahon, a former New York City Police Department officer, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stalking a family on behalf of the Chinese government<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an ideal world, the power of the presidential pardon can override grave miscarriages of justice. However, it…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":387630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,17050,5226,5225,5228,5227,6546,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-387629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-new-york-state","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-personality","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115570920885673111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}