# These are the people Trump could pardon

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Wednesday that she had heard “no mention” of pardons for anyone other than Flynn, who was granted one on Nov. 25 and was a key figure in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.

Below is a table comprising the names of people Trump could pardon or recently has pardoned. The table reflects many of the frequently discussed individuals but is not intended to be comprehensive. It includes Trump himself, members of his family and Rudy Giuliani, none of whom has been charged with a crime.

People viewed as possible recipients of Trump pardons

	Conviction(s)	Pardoned?
Steve Bannon, former adviser	None, faces fraud charges
Elliot Brody, former campaign fundraiser	Violating lobbying law
Joe Exotic, “Tiger King” subject	Murder for hire, animal abuse
Michael Flynn, former adviser	Lying to the FBI	Yes, on Nov. 25
Rick Gates, former campaign official	Conspiracy, false statements
Rudy Giuliani, personal lawyer	None
Jared Kushner, adviser and Trump’s son-in-law	None
Paul Manafort, former campaign chair	Fraud, other charges
George Papadopoulos, former campaign adviser	Lying to the FBI
Donald Trump	None
Donald Trump Jr.	None
Eric Trump	None
Ivanka Trump	None

Trump has talked with advisers about granting pre-emptive pardons to some of his children, as well as to his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Giuliani, his personal lawyer, according to a New York Times report on Tuesday that cited people described as having been briefed on the matter. The nature of Trump’s reported concerns about criminal exposure is unclear for some of these individuals, even amid a Manhattan prosecutor’s ongoing probe into the Trump Organization.

One Trump ally serving in Congress, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, tweeted last week that the president “should pardon Flynn, the Thanksgiving turkey, and everyone from himself, to his admin, to Joe Exotic” because the “Left has a bloodlust.”

It’s not unusual for departing presidents to issue pardons, some of them controversial, or otherwise grant clemency. Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who was in prison for leaking secret government information, while Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton pardoned fugitive financier Marc Rich.

Opinion: End presidential pardons

Ahead of his loss to President-elect Joe Biden in November’s election, Trump’s pardons have included one in late August for Alice Marie Johnson, who had been convicted on a nonviolent drug offense and whose cause was championed by celebrity Kim Kardashian West. The 45th president in February commuted the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who had been serving time on corruption convictions and had appeared in 2010 on the Trump reality show “Celebrity Apprentice,” and in July he commuted the sentence of longtime ally Roger Stone, who had been convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction.

The Justice Department has been investigating whether there has been a secret scheme to lobby administration officials for a pardon as well as a related plot to offer a campaign contribution in exchange for clemency, according to a court document unsealed Tuesday. Trump has dismissed that probe, tweeting that it was “Fake News.”