What this is
A satire site with footnotes. The jokes are ours. The facts belong to the public record, and each one links to where it came from.
The rules we follow
- Every factual claim has a source. Profiles use numbered footnotes. Every row in the ledger links its sources.
- The jokes stay out of the facts. They live in the headlines, the labels, and the way numbers are placed side by side. We don’t invent numbers. Every figure on the site is either quoted from a source or calculated from our dataset, and the methodology page shows how.
- We report. We don’t allege. We never say anyone bought a pardon. We show what was reported, when, and how much. You can connect the dots, or not.
- We punch up. Case files are for public figures: politicians, executives, celebrities, officials. Private people who received clemency show up only as counts.
- Nothing here impersonates anyone. We are not the Justice Department, the White House, CBS News, or anyone we write about. No form on this site collects money or personal information.
What this isn’t
Legal advice, a clemency service, or a way to get a pardon. Paying a public official in exchange for an official act is bribery, a federal crime. If you or someone you love is seeking clemency, the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney accepts petitions, and it costs nothing to apply: official petition information. Nonprofit clemency projects and federal defenders can help too.
Why
The pardon power has no real limits, which makes public attention one of the few checks it has. Attention needs something people can see, share, and check. So we made it easy to screenshot, easy to cite, and hard to wave away.
Found a mistake?
We fix errors fast and note the fix. See the corrections policy.