Those four figures and their pardons aren't the only evidence of a Justice Department de-emphasizing public corruption cases. In the early days of the administration, the Justice Department also dropped a campaign finance case against Republican former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, who had been set to go on trial next month.

President Trump granted another pardon on Monday for a former official he claimed was the victim of a “weaponized” Justice Department (DOJ) during the Biden administration, granting clemency to former Sheriff Scott Jenkins.

Juries convicted Scott Jenkins of bribery and Paul Walczak of tax crimes. Trump claims they’re merely fellow victims of the “weaponized Biden DOJ.”

Former Culpeper County, Virginia, sheriff Scott Jenkins was expected in federal prison on Tuesday but will no longer head there, after a Memorial Day pardon by President Donald Trump. A jury convicted Jenkins in December in a yearslong bribes-for-badges scheme the News4 I-Team has covered extensively.