President Donald Trump has erased nearly £1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) in court-ordered repayments owed to crime victims and taxpayers through his clemency powers, and he is now reportedly promising blanket pardons to his own White House staff before he leaves office.
A new analysis by the California Governor's Office, published 5 March 2026, found that Trump's pardons across both presidential terms have wiped more than £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in court-ordered restitution and, when forfeitures and fines are added, total nearly £1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) in financial penalties that convicted criminals no longer have to pay.
