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Politics · October 14, 2026

Trump pardons 2 auto workers on stage during rally in Alaska

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At a campaign rally in Wasilla, Alaska, President Donald Trump granted onstage pardons to Zachary Czubak and Patrick Fleming, two owners of an Anchorage auto repair shop. The men, along with a third partner, had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act by removing emission-control systems on diesel vehicles between 2019 and 2020. Trump and his supporters argued the prosecutions were an overreach by the Biden-era Department of Justice that ignored the mechanical realities of Alaska's extreme climate, while environmental officials maintained the modifications caused significant increases in air pollution.

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At a campaign rally in Wasilla, Alaska, President Donald Trump granted onstage pardons to Zachary Czubak and Patrick Fleming, two owners of an Anchorage auto repair shop. The men, along with a third partner, had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act by removing emission-control systems on diesel vehicles between 2019 and 2020. Trump and his supporters argued the prosecutions were an overreach by the Biden-era Department of Justice that ignored the mechanical realities of Alaska's extreme climate, while environmental officials maintained the modifications caused significant increases in air pollution.

At a campaign rally in Wasilla, Alaska, President Donald Trump granted onstage pardons to Zachary Czubak and Patrick Fleming, two owners of an Anchorage auto repair shop. The men, along with a third partner, had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act by removing emission-control systems on diesel vehicles between 2019 and 2020. Trump and his supporters argued the prosecutions were an overreach by the Biden-era Department of Justice that ignored the mechanical realities of Alaska's extreme climate, while environmental officials maintained the modifications caused significant increases in air pollution.