<p class="wp-block-paragraph">President Donald Trump pardoned two truckers on October 14, 2026, during a campaign rally supporting Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and other Republican candidates in Alaska.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Trump stated that the two truckers had been “wrongly charged” by the Biden administration for modifying their truck engines in ways that allegedly violated environmental regulations. He claimed that the charges could lead to a 10-year prison sentence.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">During his remarks, Trump expressed his disapproval of the legal consequences faced by the truckers, contrasting it with what he described as leniency towards more serious crimes. He stated, “They want to put them in jail for 10 years because they fixed an engine. How sick. Now, if you murder somebody, no problem, unless a Republican does the murdering. Then it’s, you know, the electric chair, right?”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Trump also commented on the nature of pardons, referencing a common expression about cleanliness associated with being pardoned. He said, “I don’t know if you’ve ever heard when you give somebody a pardon, they say that means — and I don’t know how this works and why it’s an expression, but it’s well used — that means you’re as clean as a newborn baby’s a**.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While signing the pardons on stage, Trump remarked that the experience was “worth the eight hours in a plane,” and expressed his enjoyment in performing such acts.</p>