Scott Jenkins
- Status
- Pardon granted
- Clemency
- Pardon · May 27, 2025
- People
- Donald Trump
- The case
- Bribery and honest-services fraud; the Culpeper County, Virginia sheriff accepted $75,000 in bribes in exchange for auxiliary deputy badges.
THE LINK TO TRUMP’S ORBIT
Pardon office director Ed Martin marked the grant with a “No MAGA Left Behind” post. No payment to Trump or allies is documented.
WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS
Trump announced the pardon on May 26, 2025, the day before Jenkins was due to report to begin a ten-year prison sentence, CNN reported. The Justice Department’s clemency list dates the grant May 27, 2025.
RESPONSE
Jenkins told DC News Now he “thanks God and President Trump” and Ed Martin for the pardon. His lawyers’ sentencing memo had said he “adamantly maintains his innocence,” NBC News reported.
Correction. An earlier version said Jenkins was pardoned days before he was due to report to prison. Trump announced the pardon the day before his report date, and the Justice Department list dates the grant May 27, 2025. Corrected September 18, 2026.
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) ↗
- CNN: Trump announces pardon for former Virginia sheriff convicted of federal bribery charges ↗
- DC News Now: Trump pardons former Culpeper County sheriff convicted on multiple bribery charges ↗
- NBC News: Trump’s pardons highlight Justice Department’s pullback from public corruption cases ↗
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