Follow the money. Follow the connections. Follow the pardons.
Who got pardoned? Why? Who advocated for them? What did they owe? And who got paid?
ThePardonStore.com tracks the modern presidential pardon — both as a constitutional power dating back to the nation's founding, and as a subject of active congressional investigation into who is paying for access to the President and what that access is buying.
A September 2026 60 Minutes investigation, Reuters reporting, and a House Judiciary Democratic staff report have documented a pattern: people are paying hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars to intermediaries who claim they can influence presidential clemency decisions, and people with substantial financial and political relationships to the President have received pardons — some shortly after large donations, fundraiser attendance, or business relationships.
Sources for figures above: CBS News/60 Minutes investigation (Sept. 13, 2026); House Judiciary Committee Democratic staff report, “Pardons, Inc.”; DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney clemency records. See the Recent Pardons page for case-by-case sourcing.

