Trump pardoned Paul Walczak weeks after Walczak's mother attended a $1-million-per-plate Mar-a-Lago fundraiser
The pardon application itself cited his mother's political support; the pardon erased $4.38 million in restitution.
House committee document SD024 (hearing of March 4, 2026): memo on early second-term pardons and erased restitution
U.S. House of Representatives (docs.house.gov) · Primary record
- Link
- https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20260304/119003/HHRG-119-GO00-20260304-SD024.pdf
- Publication date
- 2026-03-04
- Accessed
- 2026-07-21
- Last verified
- 2026-07-21
- Type
- congressional_record
- Document ID
- HHRG-119-GO00-20260304-SD024
- Notes
- Cited in research as documenting the Walczak fundraiser-to-pardon chronology and the committee Democrats' estimate that early second-term pardons erased roughly $1.3 billion in restitution and fines. Committee estimates are the authors' analysis.