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.
5
Total pardons
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The sum of pardons and commutations across the grantors shown. Sourced from public clemency records (illustrative here).
82
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).
$325,000
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.
2
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 5 of 5 grantors.
| Grantor | Level | Pardons | Notable recipient | Reported donations | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. (Illustrative State A) | State | 38 | Construction executive | $250,000 | ⚑ review |
| Gov. (Illustrative State D) | State | 21 | Family friend | $75,000 | ⚑ review |
| Gov. (Illustrative State B) | State | 12 | Former county official | — | clean |
| Gov. (Illustrative State C) | State | 7 | Local business owner | — | clean |
| Gov. (Illustrative State E) | State | 4 | Wrongful-conviction exoneree | — | clean |
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: 5 (filter: State, sort: dollars)Gov. (Illustrative State A) 57620f8755bdc46f…Gov. (Illustrative State D) bbc7cb6c1bd7275f…Gov. (Illustrative State B) 6c783a5cac7c4c9a…… +2 moreledger-root sha256: 92c3af294e2c446bdfc77f8ac00323c96ca13e7cf18497edb3402b1e7b9b26f3status: chain consistent · recompute from public rows to verify
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