Jason Galanis
- Status
- Sentence commuted
- Clemency
- Commutation · Mar 28, 2025
- People
- Donald Trump
- The case
- Securities and investment-adviser fraud in multiple schemes, including manipulating the market for NYSE-listed Gerova Financial Group and the tribal-bond fraud that also involved Devon Archer; sentenced in September 2020 to 189 months.
THE LINK TO TRUMP’S ORBIT
Former Hunter Biden business associate who testified in the 2024 House impeachment inquiry into the Biden family; a Trump administration official told Fox News Digital he was the “fall guy” for Hunter Biden and Devon Archer. No payment is documented.
WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS
Commuted to time served.
RESPONSE
Galanis thanked Trump for commuting his sentence and praised him for understanding “the law better than any lawyer,” the Washington Examiner reported.
Correction. An earlier version said Galanis was sentenced to 189 months in 2017. That sentence was imposed in September 2020. Corrected September 18, 2026.
SOURCES
- UPI: Trump grants clemency to another Hunter Biden associate who testified against the Biden family ↗
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney: Clemency grants by President Donald J. Trump (2025-present) ↗
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York: Jason Galanis Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court For Multiple Securities Fraud Schemes ↗
- Fox News: Trump commutes prison sentence of Hunter Biden’s ‘fall guy’ Jason Galanis ↗
- Washington Examiner: Hunter Biden’s former business partner thanks Trump for commuting sentence ↗
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