Did Donald Trump's pardons wipe out $1 billion in debt owed to the US? Yes

[PSPS]

President Trump has granted pardons that have wiped out over $1 billion in debts owed by wealthy Americans who have committed fraud and broken the law.

People and companies pardoned by Trump could save up to $1.3 billion
Trevor Milton $676,054,698
Ross William Ulbricht $183,961,921
HDR Global Trading Limited $100,000,000
Lawrence Duran $87,553,863
Jason Galanis $80,817,513
Devon Archer $43,427,436
Ozy Media Inc. $36,769,153
Carlos Watson $36,769,153
Marian Morgan $19,958,995
Imaad Shah Zuberi $17,455,080
Todd Chrisley $17,270,742
Benjamin Delo $10,000,000
Arthur Hayes $10,000,000
Samuel Reed $10,000,000
Julie Chrisley $4,740,645
Paul Walczak $4,381,266
Charles Overton Scott $505,000
Jeremy Hutchinson $355,535
James T. Callahan $315,000
Gregory Dwyer $150,000
Michael Grimm $148,907
John Rowland $117,000
Michelle Fiore $70,000
Alexander Sittenfeld $40,000
TOTAL $1,340,861,907

From: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jun/06/liz-oyer/donald-trump-pardons-wipe-out-billion-debts/

[sinkingfeeling]

1. The TSF regime again proving it's 'efficiency' and savings.

[czarjak]

2. Pretty soon...

Gonna be talkin' 'bout some Yuge amounts of money. Bigly too.

[Nigrum Cattus]

3. pardons & tariffs are real 17th century

Maybe time to update things

[Tree Lady]

4. When they set up pardon I think

they didn't have favoritism in mind, it was supposed to be for someone innocent that was put in jail wrongly.

[leanforward]

5. Who are some of those names?

What reason for the pardons? No doubt he accepted something in exchange.
AND here we are having to pay a greater portion of our tax dollars for debt service.
When it could easily be handled by the top Five percenters.