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250 pardons were discussed. Seventeen were granted. Six went to companies.
Forty-three Americans who filed through the Office of the Pardon Attorney are still waiting.
This statement is issued for the record. It sets out what was proposed, what was granted, and where the forty-three stand as of today. Every figure is from a government publication or a named news report; all are listed at 250pardons.com.
Miami — In May, the Wall Street Journal reported that the White House was considering 250 pardons to mark the nation's 250th anniversary. On 3 July, the eve of the anniversary, the President granted seventeen. According to the Justice Department's own published record, eleven went to individuals and six to corporations. Eleven days later, the Pardon Attorney notified U.S. Attorneys that 5,607 commutation applications and 300 pardon applications had been denied.
Forty-three people who documented their federal cases publicly at 250pardons.com were not among them.
We filed the way anyone is supposed to file. No lobbyist. No intermediary. Nobody paid anybody anything. We are asking to be read.
Angelica Pacheco, registered nurse and former Hialeah City Council member, whose eight-count federal indictment was dismissed in its entirety before trial
The group published every case with docket numbers, court transcripts and links to primary documents. Eleven of its members are not seeking pardons at all — they were acquitted, or had every charge dismissed, or were already pardoned, and lost jobs, licenses and businesses regardless. The Office of the Pardon Attorney has no petition for that.
In May 2026 the Attorney General established a $1.776 billion fund to compensate people harmed by prosecutorial overreach. On 2 August the order was rescinded. Eleven weeks.
Reporting last October described lobbyists and consultants offering access to the clemency process at prices reaching seven figures, and White House officials tightening the process in response. Marc Osler, a clemency scholar at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, told NBC News that an informal and opaque process was being used to evaluate petitioners while thousands who followed the rules and filed through the pardon attorney went unread.
Every document cited is public. The group's full record, including the Justice Department's own clemency grant list and the filings in each case, is published at 250pardons.com.
We are not asking anyone to take our word for anything. Read one case.
Angelica Pacheco
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#43Americans
Note added 9 August 2026: This release was issued on the eve of the anniversary grants, before the outcome was known. Seventeen pardons were granted on 3 July — eleven to individuals and six to companies. Separately, eleven members of this group are not seeking pardons and have no petition to file: they were acquitted, had every charge dismissed, or were already pardoned. See We Followed the Rules for the current record. This release is preserved as issued.
43 Americans with no lobbyists have formally sought pardons ahead of the July 4th clemency announcement
Documented cases, filed through the Office of the Pardon Attorney, ask to be reviewed on the facts — not on access.
Miami — As President Trump prepares to mark America's 250th birthday with a historic act of clemency, a group of 43 Americans who say they were prosecuted under a weaponized federal justice system have formally submitted their petitions for consideration — without hiring a single lobbyist or paid consultant.
The group, which organized publicly under the hashtag #43Americans, represents nurses, doctors, veterans, business owners and parents from across the country. Each has filed through the proper channel, the Office of the Pardon Attorney, and published their case publicly at 250pardons.com — including court records and personal accounts.
We didn't wait to see who made a list before speaking up. We filed the same way everyone else is supposed to. We're asking that our cases be reviewed on their merits, the same as anyone else's.
Angelica Pacheco, #43Americans
Recent reporting has described a competition among lobbyists and paid brokers for places on the administration's list of 250 pardons. #43Americans says none of its members have access to that kind of representation — and that their cases should be considered regardless.
The group says it will continue advocating publicly for its members' cases, whatever the outcome of Friday's announcement.
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