Trump Pardons Erase $298M+ in Financial Crime Punishments, Analysis Shows

President Trump has used his second-term pardon power to wipe clean dozens of federal financial crime convictions tied to more than $298 million in fines and restitution, according to an NBC News analysis.

That figure eclipses the total punishment erased in his first term and far exceeds the fines and restitution associated with pardons under recent Dem…