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Executive Grant of Clemency for Devon Archer

Presidential Action • March 26, 2025 • Document 6889
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Summary

President Donald J. Trump has issued a full and unconditional pardon to Devon Archer, absolving him of all offenses related to his case, United States v. Archer. This executive clemency removes any legal penalties Archer faced, including fines and restitution, and highlights the president's constitutional power to pardon individuals. The decision may spark political debate regarding the use of presidential pardons, as such actions can be controversial, particularly if perceived as politically motivated.

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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:

BE IT KNOWN, THAT THIS DAY, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PURSUANT TO MY POWERS UNDER ARTICLE II, SECTION 2, CLAUSE 1, OF THE CONSTITUTION, HAVE GRANTED UNTO THE INDIVIDUAL NAMED BELOW

A FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL PARDON

For those offenses against the United States individually enumerated and set before me for my consideration and remission of any and all fines, penalties, forfeitures, and restitution ordered by the court:

United States v. Archer, l:16-cr-371
DEVON ARCHER

I HEREBY DESIGNATE, direct, and empower the Attorney General, as my representative, to immediately sign the grant of clemency to the person named herein. The Attorney General shall declare that her action is the act of the President, being performed at my direction.


IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and caused the seal of the Department of Justice to be affixed.

 
Done at the City of Washington in the District of Columbia this 25th day of March in the year of our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-five and of the Independence of the United States the Two Hundred and Forty-ninth.

DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT