{"id":63928,"date":"2025-12-17T06:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=63928"},"modified":"2025-12-17T06:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:01:36","slug":"trump-signals-possible-pardon-for-convicted-samourai-wallet-co-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=63928","title":{"rendered":"Trump Signals Possible Pardon For Convicted Samourai Wallet Co-Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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United States President Donald Trump said he would review the case of Keonne Rodriguez, a co-founder of the Samourai Wallet<\/a>, and signaled he might consider clemency.<\/p>\n

According to reporters present at a White House exchange, Trump said he would \u201ctake a look\u201d<\/a> and asked that the matter be examined by the Attorney General.<\/p>\n

The comment came after federal prosecutors secured guilty pleas and later sent Rodriguez to prison.<\/p>\n

Statement On A High-Profile Sentencing<\/h2>\n

According to the US Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of New York, Rodriguez and a co-defendant, William Lonergan Hill, pleaded guilty<\/a> to charges tied to running an unlicensed money-transmitting business and related conspiracy counts.<\/p>\n

Reports<\/a> have disclosed that the service was linked to more than $230 million in criminal proceeds. Prosecutors said those transfers were connected in their factual recitation to narcotics trafficking, darknet markets, cyber intrusions, frauds, sanctioned jurisdictions and other criminal activity.<\/p>\n

Sentencing And Legal Outcomes<\/h2>\n

Based on court filings and public notices, the guilty pleas were entered in late July 2025 and sentencing took place on November 19, 2025.<\/p>\n

The Department of Justice has also pursued forfeiture tied to the amounts it described in court, and fines were assessed at the time of sentence.<\/p>\n

These actions were carried out by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who handled the investigation and prosecution.<\/p>\n

Responding to Trump\u2019s remarks, Rodriguez said \u201cThis President knows all about lawfare.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I have always said that the most challenging aspect of getting a pardon for me and Bill would be getting the attention of @realDonaldTrump<\/a>. He is very busy with many people competing for his attention. Today, thanks to the journalist at Decrypt, the President is aware of our\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/lmYljfFax9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Keonne Rodriguez (@keonne) December 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Trump Pardon: How A Presidential Review Might Move Forward<\/p>\n

The process for clemency typically involves the Office<\/a> of the Pardon Attorney at the Justice Department, which vets petitions and may seek input from prosecutors and judges.<\/p>\n

The president, however, has broad constitutional authority to grant pardons or commutations for federal offenses.<\/p>\n

In this case, press accounts say the president asked that the Attorney General examine the matter, which could lead to a formal review of any clemency petition.<\/p>\n

Political And Public Reactions<\/p>\n

Reports have varied in tone, with some outlets focusing on the scale of the funds prosecutors said were moved \u2014 $237 million \u2014 and others highlighting the unusual nature of a president publicly saying he would \u201clook into\u201d an active clemency matter shortly after sentencing.<\/p>\n

Legal experts note that public comments from a sitting president can speed attention to a case, but they do not guarantee relief.<\/p>\n

Opinions among commentators are mixed; some urge careful review while others stress that federal sentences reflect convictions from established court processes.<\/p>\n

Featured image from Bloomberg via Getty Images, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

United States President Donald Trump said he would review the case of Keonne Rodriguez, a co-founder of the Samourai Wallet, and signaled he might consider clemency. According to reporters present at a White House exchange, Trump said he would \u201ctake a look\u201d and asked that the matter be examined by the Attorney General. The comment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-63928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}