Pardons & Commutations
Every individual pardoned or commuted by Trump in his second term, with subsequent activity tracked.
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Second-degree murder, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and obstruction of justice. Sutton, a Fourth District MPD officer, conducted an unauthorised high-speed pursuit of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown on October 23, 2020. Hylton-Brown was riding an electric moped helmetless on a sidewalk — a minor traffic violation for which MPD policy explicitly prohibited a chase. Sutton pursued him for three minutes across 10 city blocks, reaching twice the residential speed limit, driving the wrong way on a one-way street, and turning off his emergency lights and sirens as he accelerated toward a narrow alley exit. Hylton-Brown was struck by an oncoming vehicle as he exited the alley and died two days later. Sutton then conspired with his supervising lieutenant, Andrew Zabavsky, to cover up the pursuit — falsifying incident reports, deactivating body cameras, and failing to collect witness statements. He is the first MPD officer ever convicted of murder while on duty.
Conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice. As supervising lieutenant of the Metropolitan Police Department, Zabavsky orchestrated a cover-up after Officer Terence Sutton conducted an unauthorised high-speed pursuit of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown on October 23, 2020. Hylton-Brown, riding a moped helmetless on a DC sidewalk, was struck by an oncoming vehicle as he exited an alley during the chase and died two days later. Zabavsky falsified incident reports (downplaying Hylton-Brown’s injuries and falsely claiming he was under the influence), helped deactivate body cameras after the collision, and failed to take witness statements. The jury found him not guilty of murder — that conviction applied to Sutton only.
Kaye, a resident of Boca Raton, Florida, was convicted by a jury of transmitting an interstate threat to injure, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). The case arose in the aftermath of the 2021 certification riot in Washington, D.C.: the FBI received a tip on January 16, 2021 suggesting Kaye may have been present at the riot or had knowledge of individuals involved. Agents contacted her by phone on January 28 to request an interview, and days later Kaye posted videos online in which she threatened to shoot FBI agents if they came to her door. She was not charged with any riot-related offense and testified at trial that she did not own any guns and did not intend the statements as genuine threats. The jury convicted her nonetheless.
Armed bank robbery; assault during armed bank robbery; use of firearm during a crime of violence