A new memorandum from Democratic staff on the House Judiciary Committee alleges that President Donald Trump’s recent wave of pardons and commutations has deprived crime victims and taxpayers of an estimated $1.3 billion in restitution and fines.

Since the start of his second term, President Trump has issued nearly 1,600 pardons or grants of clemency, according to the committee’s review of court documents and the Office of the Pardon Attorney’s website. The memo asserts that this marks a sharp departure from established Department of Justice standards, which traditionally require pardon applicants to accept responsibility and make restitution to victims before receiving clemency.

The committee’s analysis highlights that Trump’s pardons have nullified approximately $1.3 billion owed to victims and the federal government. This sum includes restitution for defrauded investors, employees, and taxpayers, as well as fines intended to fund the Crime Victims Fund, a primary resource for victim assistance programs nationwide.

January 6th Rioters: On his first day back in office, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 individuals convicted for their roles in the January 6th Capitol attack. These offenders collectively owed at least $3 million in restitution, of which only 15% had been paid at the time of the pardons. The remainder was effectively erased, leaving law enforcement agencies and the Architect of the Capitol uncompensated.

The report states, “Adding insult to injury, President Trump’s DOJ is now brazenly arguing in court that the federal government should strip away the $437,000 in restitution money that was actually paid to the victims and return it directly to the criminal insurrectionists, leaving victims and taxpayers to foot the bill themselves for the costs of all the extremists’ violence and destruction. Perhaps emboldened by DOJ’s stance, the primary seditious conspirators behind the January 6th insurrection now claim that the government violated their constitutional rights and have sued the government for $100 million in restitution.

“Amazingly, President Trump also told reporters that he was exploring the creation of a compensation fund—not for the injured and wounded police officers being cheated out of their restitution payments or their families—but for the convicted criminals who beat and maimed police officers and tried to overthrow a presidential election. Whoever said crime doesn’t pay clearly never lived under a Trump presidency.”

Ross Ulbricht: The operator of the Silk Road online black market, sentenced to life in prison and ordered to forfeit $184 million, was fully pardoned, with all financial penalties lifted.

Trevor Milton: The former Nikola CEO, convicted of securities fraud and owing over $676 million in restitution to defrauded shareholders, received a pardon before a final restitution order was issued.

Jason Galanis: A “serial fraudster” who orchestrated an $80 million scam targeting union pension funds and a Native American tribe, was pardoned, erasing his $84.8 million restitution obligation.

Todd and Julie Chrisley: The reality TV stars, convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion, owed more than $22 million in restitution to the federal government. Trump’s pardon relieved them of this debt, and Todd Chrisley reportedly celebrated his release with a lavish shopping spree.

The memo alleges that some pardons were granted to individuals with political or personal ties to Trump. For example, Trevor Milton and his wife donated $1.8 million to Trump’s re-election campaign, and Paul Walczak’s mother contributed $1 million to a Trump fundraiser before his pardon for tax crimes.

The report states, “Although he promised that he would ‘make America safe again,’ Donald Trump’s Administration is undermining public safety at every turn. He has pardoned and released en masse unrepentant, violent criminals back into our communities. He has allowed criminals to keep the money they have stolen from their victims and wiped out their obligation to make the victims of their crime whole, and he now apparently intends to go even further, refunding criminals’ restitution payments they have already made. As former Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Rosen, who was chief of the Justice Department’s Capitol Siege Section, noted when he resigned, “[i]ndividuals who were duly—and appropriately—convicted of federal crimes ranging in culpability are immediately let loose without any supervision, without any remorse, without any rehabilitation to civil society.” President Trump’s corrupt pardon spree is a massive, undeserved giveaway to high-rolling fraudsters, crooked politicians, violent extremists, and fanatical and unrepentant cop beaters.”