Pardons + public donations, side by side
Clemency Watch
Who granted clemency — state and federal — and where public donation records line up with it. Surfaced for scrutiny, not accusation. Non-partisan. Illustrative sample data.
Grantors shown
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Number of grantors (governors + presidents) in the ledger for the current Level filter.
3
Total pardons
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The sum of pardons and commutations across the grantors shown. Sourced from public clemency records (illustrative here).
237
Reported donations
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Total publicly-reported donations tied to the recipients (or their associates) across the grantors shown. From public campaign-finance disclosures (illustrative here).
$1,740,000
Flagged for review
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How many rows have reported donations greater than zero. A flag is a prompt to look closer — never a verdict or an assertion of wrongdoing.
3
State vs. Federal?
The two panels below split the full ledger by level and total each side independently — grantors, pardons, reported donations, and how many rows are flagged for review. It lets you compare the two levels of clemency power at a glance. It surfaces patterns side by side; it asserts nothing.
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The two panels below split the full ledger by level and total each side independently — grantors, pardons, reported donations, and how many rows are flagged for review. It lets you compare the two levels of clemency power at a glance. It surfaces patterns side by side; it asserts nothing.
State5 grantors
- Pardons
- 82
- Reported $
- $325,000
- Flagged
- 2
Federal3 grantors
- Pardons
- 237
- Reported $
- $1,740,000
- Flagged
- 3
Showing 3 of 3 grantors.
| Grantor | Level | Pardons | Notable recipient | Reported donations | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President (Illustrative, Federal) | Federal | 144 | Financier | $1,200,000 | ⚑ review |
| President (Illustrative, Federal — prior administration) | Federal | 64 | Donor's associate | $500,000 | ⚑ review |
| President (Illustrative, Federal — earlier era) | Federal | 29 | Nonprofit board member | $40,000 | ⚑ review |
The ⚑ review flag fires where public donation records coincide with a grant — a prompt to look closer, not a verdict.
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Each row pairs a public clemency record with publicly-reported donations tied to the recipient or their associates. If those reported dollars are greater than zero, the row is flagged for review. Zero reported donations means no flag — a clean record, shown plainly. The tool surfaces coincidences; it never concludes wrongdoing.
Ledger integrity?
Every row is fingerprinted with SHA-256 and the rows are linked into a hash chain. The single “ledger-root” hash changes if any row — or the ordering — is altered. Anyone can recompute it from the published public rows to confirm nothing was silently changed.
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Every row is fingerprinted with SHA-256 and the rows are linked into a hash chain. The single “ledger-root” hash changes if any row — or the ordering — is altered. Anyone can recompute it from the published public rows to confirm nothing was silently changed.
ledger.chain
$ clemency-watch verify --rowsrows hashed: 3 (filter: Federal, sort: dollars)President (Illustrative, Fed 1609c3452236704e…President (Illustrative, Fed ef1b0cdc03ecada2…President (Illustrative, Fed 4e3d25e076a9addb…ledger-root sha256: 635fdfbb1d6d78268a8a0b20e81e52aee12695f1c5f8a6a32876636eecf7808astatus: chain consistent · recompute from public rows to verify
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