It’s a wonderful time to be a criminal. 

If you cozy up to Donald Trump, that is. 

Trump has been using his presidential power to shield his allies and donors from legal trouble, while his Department of Justice goes after his political enemies. 

Is this the same guy?

Who has he pardoned so far?

Trevor Milton, the former CEO of an electric car company, was convicted of securities and wire fraud. During his appeal, he donated heavily to Trump’s re-election campaign. Oh, and one of Milton’s lawyers was the brother of Pam Bondi, the future U.S. Attorney General. According to Trump…

CLIP: TRUMP (00:29): The thing that he did wrong was he was one of the first people that supported a gentleman named Donald Trump for president. 

Another pardon was for Todd and Julie Chrisley, fellow reality TV personalities. They were convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud totaling $36 million dollars. Maybe the pardon had something to do with their daughter’s speech at the Republican National Convention... 

[CLIP: SAVANNAH CHRISLEY (4:10)]:  “Donald J. Trump has only one conviction that matters, and that is his conviction to make America great again."

Next up, Paul Walczak, a nursing home executive who was charged with defrauding the government of millions of dollars, using some of the money to buy himself a yacht. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. A judge defended the sentence, saying there isn’t a “get out of jail free” card for wealthy people. 

Not so fast, your honor. Walczak’s mother is a major Trump donor who attended a  million-dollar--plate fundraising dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Less than three weeks later, Trump signed a full and unconditional pardon for her son. 

Not only did it keep Walczak out of prison, it got him out of paying $4.4 million dollars in restitution. 

In fact, Trump’s thumb on the scales of justice has erased roughly $1.3 BILLION dollars in fines and restitution that pardon recipients would have paid the victims and the government.

And it’s not just individuals either. The Trump administration has paused or dropped investigations into at least seventeen corporations that donated to his inauguration fund. 

See the pattern? Do something for Trump, and maybe Trump does something for you.

Buttering up Trump has proven so lucrative, allies and lobbyists are reportedly receiving multi-million dollar payouts to get pardon requests in front of the president. One was quoted as saying “It’s like the Wild West. You can basically charge whatever you want.”

Now, nearly every U.S. president has issued pardons that were controversial. But Trump’s pardons almost exclusively go to people serving his political interests.

The most extreme examples? Trump’s pardon of rioters and violent criminals who participated in the January 6th insurrection — including members of The Proud Boys.

CLIP TRUMP: The people of January 6th were treated very unfairly. (00:38)

Trump is sending a message that you can commit violence as long as it’s done in service of him. 

And who decides which pardons get in front of the president? That would be Ed Martin — Trump’s top pardon attorney. Historically, this role at the Department of Justice has been nonpolitical. But Martin is a staunch MAGA ally.  And Martin isn’t just in charge of recommending pardons to Trump, he’s also simultaneously serving as head of the Justice Department’s new Weaponization Working Group. 

This group was tasked by Trump with targeting his supposed enemies — including prosecutors who put January 6 criminals behind bars and anyone else viewed as a threat to the MAGA regime. 

Trump is blatantly weaponizing the justice system to attack his political enemies while rewarding his crooked allies and those who will commit violence on his behalf.

So much for “law and order.” 

Understand what’s really going on here — and help spread the truth.