Michael Grimm
Edited by The Inner Circle LedgerLedger updated Sep 30, 2026
- Status
- Pardon granted
- Clemency
- Pardon · May 28, 2025
- People
- Donald Trump
- The case
- Tax fraud; the former Republican congressman admitted concealing about $1 million in restaurant income.
THE LINK TO TRUMP’S ORBIT
Former GOP member of Congress and Newsmax commentator. No payment is documented.
WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS
Full pardon.
RESPONSE
In a statement reported by the Brooklyn Eagle, Grimm said he was “grateful beyond words to President Trump for restoring my good name” and that “the Obama Justice Department was weaponized against me.” He told Newsmax he was “over the moon ecstatic.”
SOURCES
- Wikipedia: List of people granted executive clemency in the second Trump presidency ↗
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney: Clemency grants by President Donald J. Trump (2025-present) ↗
- Brooklyn Eagle: Trump pardons former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm ↗
- Newsmax: Michael Grimm to Newsmax: ‘Over the Moon Ecstatic’ After Trump Pardon ↗
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