Trump Grants Clemency to 5 Nonviolent Inmates Convicted of Drug, Financial Crimes

President Donald Trump poses on the Truman Balcony of the White House after returning from being hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment, in Washington, on Oct. 5, 2020. Erin Scott/Reuters

President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentences of five nonviolent offenders who were convicted of drug and financial crimes but have since turned their lives around.

The White House announced on Oct. 21 that Trump had granted clemency to individuals who had made decisions to “improve their lives and the lives of others” while behind bars.