Federal clemency record
Pardon · December 23, 2020
Granted by Donald Trump (Republican) to Paul J. Manafort
Summary
Paul J. Manafort was granted a pardon on December 23, 2020, by President Donald Trump. Manafort had been convicted in 2019 in the Eastern District of Virginia and the District of Columbia on charges including five counts of subscribing to false individual income tax returns for tax years 2010–2014, failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts for 2011–2014, bank fraud relating to loans of $3.4 million and $1 million, conspiracy against the United States, and conspiracy to obstruct justice through witness tampering. His original sentence was 47 months imprisonment and 36 months supervised release.
Offense
1. Subscribing to false United States individual income tax returns for 2010-2014 tax years (five counts); failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts for calendar years 2011-2014; bank fraud/Lender B/$3.4 million loan; bank fraud/Lender C/$1 million loan2. Conspiracy against the United States; conspiracy to obstruct justice (witness tampering)
1. Eastern District of Virginia2. District of Columbia · 2019
Original sentence
47 months imprisonment · 36 months supervised release · $50,000.00 fine
Sentenced March 7, 2019 · 1. Eastern District of Virginia2. District of Columbia