Federal clemency record
Pardon · December 12, 2024
Granted by Joe Biden (Democratic) to Russell Thomas Portner
Summary
Russell Thomas Portner received a pardon from President Joe Biden on December 12, 2024, for facilitating the sale of smuggled cocaine. Portner was convicted in the Western District of Washington in 1985 and sentenced to 24 months imprisonment.
Offense
Facilitating the sale of smuggled cocaine
Western District of Washington · 1985
Original sentence
24 months imprisonment
Sentenced September 13, 1985 · Western District of Washington