First-term clemency for allies: Manafort, Stone, Kushner and Black

Paul Manafort, Trump's 2016 campaign chairman, was convicted of bank and tax fraud tied to millions he earned working for a pro-Russian politician in Ukraine and hid from authorities. Trump pardoned him in December 2020.

Roger Stone, a longtime Trump adviser, was convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering. Trump commuted his sentence in July 2020 and pardoned him that December. Charles Kushner, father of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, had pleaded guilty to tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering; he was pardoned in December 2020. Conrad Black, a former media owner convicted of fraud, was pardoned in 2019 after writing a book praising Trump.

Court records unsealed in December 2020 described a Justice Department investigation into an alleged scheme to offer a political contribution in exchange for a pardon. No government officials were charged.