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After Trump's 2020 Pardon, Hope for Prisoners Founder Arrested on 20 'Sexually Based Crimes'

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Jon Ponder (left), founder of Hope for Prisoners, presents Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo with the 'Champion of HOPE' Award in July 2025. Ponder became a national advocate for prisoner rehabilitation after his 2020 presidential pardon. (Credit: Hope for Prisoners via social media)

Jon Ponder, the founder and chief executive of Las Vegas-based prisoner re-entry charity Hope for Prisoners who received a presidential pardon from Donald Trump in 2020, has been arrested on 20 alleged sexually based offences.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said the 60-year-old faces one count of sexual assault, one count of attempted sexually motivated coercion, seven counts of unauthorised custodial contact, and 11 gross misdemeanour offences. Detectives said the investigation is continuing and believe there may be additional victims who have not yet come forward.

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