Trump signs pardons for 11 people, most convicted of vehicle emissions violations

Published July 3, 2026 4:04pm ET | Updated July 3, 2026 7:57pm ET



President Donald Trump pardoned 11 people on Friday afternoon, declaring that many of them were “persecuted by the Biden Administration.” 

“It is my Great Honor to have just signed Pardons for six people who were persecuted by the Biden Administration, and were in, or being sent to, prison, for ‘fixing their car.’ While I know this sounds ridiculous, it is nevertheless a fact, and part of the Weaponization and Stupidity that our Country had to endure during four long years of Sleepy Joe Biden,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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