Trump wants to pardon 250 people for America's 250th birthday: report

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 13 May 2026 19:11 EDT


Donald Trump is considering issuing 250 presidential pardons to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America, according to a new report. The president may make the announcement on June 14, his own birthday, or on July 4, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.

Trump has already faced criticism for issuing an historic number of pardons since returning to office for his second term, despite vowing to end what he described as the “politicization” of the Justice Department during his campaign.

Many of these were handed out to individuals convicted of crimes related to the January 6 insurrection. On his first day back in office last year Trump has issued pardons to over 1,500 of those involved in the storming of the Capitol.

The WSJ reports that plans for the 250 pardons this summer are still in the preliminary stages and that even some within the Trump administration have raised concerns that issuing too high a number of pardons could affect Republicans in the midterm elections.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-250-presidential-pardons-america-birthday-b2976194.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. yeah, axe murderer, rapist, slasher patriots to the front of the line

Don't want to be unkind to them

SMH

[sop]

2. At a minimum of $1M per pardon, what lobbyists report it costs to get Trump to even look at a pardon request,

250 pardons could put a lot of money into Mafia Don's pocket. I wonder if he'll pardon Ghislaine Maxwell?

'Inside the Pardon Playbook: An Analysis of President Trump's Clemency Abuses'

https://campaignlegal.org/update/inside-pardon-playbook-analysis-president-trumps-clemency-abuses

[Moostache]

23. I fail to understand an 80 year old's obsession with accumulation of money...

He is going to be dead (soon, but nowhere near soon enough unless he is actively dying as I type this) and from all appearances, his wife hates him, his kids use his name as a piggy bank but all have deep emotional damage from his parenting and there are more people waiting to celebrate his death than one can accurately count.

So, in the end, why does this assclown care so much about it? He thinks that he will live on forever, but he will be in the same class as Rockefeller and Vanderbilt in less time. Ask 20 kids today who those people were, 18 or 19 of them won't know who they were at all and the other will get a lot of the details wrong.

Trump is a reincarnation of WC Fields, at best. In reality, he is a very genetically lucky loser from Queens who has never gotten ove that fact and his self-loathing has been allowed to harm millions in the process.

Fuck him. Die you worthless sack of shit...but do it in pain and on camera.

[LiberalLovinLug]

32. Great point

And dying on camera rolling on the ground vomiting and crapping his pants while he cries for a mommy that never liked him would be priceless

[UpInArms]

3. Look for Maxwell's name to be buried somewhere

in the 250 pardons

[FakeNoose]

5. She'll be on a plane flying out of the country before we even hear she's been released

Chump is only too happy to let her out, as long as she's never heard from again....

[karynnj]

19. Where could she go where she would be better protected than Trump's USA?

Would an American pardon be worth the paper it is written on in the UK? Any country whose citizens were trafficked or where the trafficking occurred should be able to charge her.

I'm not a lawyer. Is there any concept of international "double jeopardy"?

[FakeNoose]

20. She has relatives in Britain and elsewhere, some are quite wealthy

The truth is that I really don't care where she goes.

[karynnj]

21. That's why I mentioned the UK

However, though less involved, consider that even the former Prince Andrew could be charged.

[sop]

6. Trump may pardon a handful of people whose crimes make Maxwell look llke Mother Teresa by comparison,

hoping to distract the public, and lessen their outrage.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

25. Or her new name. She might be in the process of changing her name. nt

[Blues Heron]

4. cover for ghislaine's pardon no doubt

[tanyev]

7. Looking for 250 people willing to pay an extra anniversary surcharge?

😒

[underpants]

29. ✅💰

[ToxMarz]

8. Maybe he could have them cage fight for pardons on the South Lawn, the MAGATs would love that

[Alice Kramden]

9. His compassion for convicted criminals

Exceeds his regard for regular citizens

[Botany]

10. I know one who will get (buy) a pardon from Trump, Ohio Republican Larry Householder. $60,000 bribe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Householder

As speaker of Ohio’s House he took in over $60 million in bribes from First Energy of Ohio to make
the utility customers pay for not only First Energy’s nuclear power plants but for aging coal fired
plants in Ohio and Indiana along with some sugar for some of the other electric companies too
such as AEP. That 60 million in bribes got the utilities over $1.6 billion in return.

A top executive @ 1st Energy committed suicide and Householder is in prison along some
other Republican law makers.

Ohio is really dirty. The despite all their crimes, gerrymandering, and, being anti abortion
Christo Fascist shits they have things rigged so much here they keep power.

I’m sure Householder has some of his ill gotten loot or rich fossil fuel shits ready to grease
Trump’s hands.

[Bengus81]

11. Alex Murdoch is getting a new MURDER trial but sadly for Trump those are

State charges. Rich and a murderer,exactly who Trump would love to pardon.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. He later plead guilty (with a plea deal) for various federal financial crimes

Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to federal financial crimes

So...

[JohnnyRingo]

13. A rogue's gallery of corrupt politicians.

...and business moguls sent up for cheating the public.
Throw in a few pardons for vigilantes breaking environmental laws and he'll easily hit 250.

[Prairie Gates]

14. Are there any white collar fraudsters even left in prison?

It's a shame Bernie Madoff died before Trump could spring him.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Crypto bro Sam Bankman-Fried is still locked up

Am surprised he hasn't been sprung. He took down several regional banks so that should count for something.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. And the bidding war begins.

[SamuelAdams]

17. What a stupid child.

[Wounded Bear]

18. Pedofiles, fraudsters, and political apparatchiks all...

[Harker]

22. Trumpsky... the rancid emancipator.

[DonCoquixote]

24. OK, who bets Ghislines is one of them??

You know it would be a perfect time for him to do it.

If she dos get pardoned, I hope she write a tell all book with details that would make pornographers' blush,

on the other hand, you know that certain people will have a buller with her name on it. She would be safer on Death row.

[Ocelot II]

26. The pardons will go to the top 250 richest men in the Epstein files.

Maybe Epstein himself will get a posthumous pardon.

[Rob H.]

27. Knowing him, the pardons will be given to people who should probably stay in prison nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

28. All those guilty of financial crimes and sex offences I imagine.

Some of the best people Trump knows.

[ImNotGod]

30. The dumb fuck can do whatever he wants, I'm going to Canada during the 4th, democracy here is long dead nt

[Yonnie3]

31. Pick me, Meeee! Please. Meeee, Meeee!

A pardon for any and all statements or posts of mine, future and past, deemed treasonous by Trump and others.

[Initech]

33. And I want to throw 250 MAGAs right back in prison!

Him first!

[twodogsbarking]

34. To clear up any confusion, Trump is not turning 250.

[underpants]

35. Pre-pardon lots of his administration

[jmowreader]

36. I'll give you the first batch of people he'll pardon

They are Adam Fox, Joseph Morrison, Ty Garbin, Barry Croft, Kaleb Franks, Pete Musico, Shawn Fix, Paul Bellar and Brian Higgins.

"Who are they?" They are all the people who were convicted in a plot to kidnap and kill Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer and to violently overthrow the state government. There were others in the plot who were acquitted, but these are the ones who went to the hoosegow. He might not get the chance to pardon Garbin and Fix because the state prosecuted them, but he'll be especially interested in pardoning Barry Croft since he got sent to ADX Florence.

After that he'll probably spring all the Americans currently locked up in ADX Florence. This might superficially be a good thing because it'll leave more room to house the Trump Administration, but in general it would be really bad.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

37. Look at me,MA! I'm President!!!!!

Eom

[Torchlight]

38. I'm guessing 95% of his target pardons will be rich, white males

who funneled money to him one way or anther. I'll admit error easily enough though... it could easily be all of 'em.

[twodogsbarking]

39. We are all prisoners. Pardon us all Mr. President by you moving to Iran.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.