Newsom launches website tracking Trump’s top 10 criminal cronies as new data shows California crime continues to drop
What you need to know: As new data shows that crime continues to drop in California, Governor Newsom is launching a new web page to track Trump’s criminal compatriots.
SACRAMENTO – While announcing new data showing that violent crime continues to fall across California’s major cities, Governor Gavin Newsom today also launched a new website detailing the criminal records, corruption cases, and extremist ties of the people Donald Trump elevates, protects, pardons, and surrounds himself with.
The website highlights a simple contrast: Governor Newsom is driving crime down — and Donald Trump is pardoning drug lords and driving criminals into government.
With crime dropping — again — California is proving what real public safety leadership looks like. Meanwhile in D.C., Trump is a felon who surrounds himself with scammers and drug traffickers. We’re providing the public with a resource putting the facts in one place so Californians, and all Americans, can see who he elevates and who he protects.
Governor Gavin Newsom
New data shows violent crime is down
According to new data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association, crime is down nearly across the board in California year-over-year.
Homicides: ↓ 18%
Robberies: ↓ 18%
Aggravated Assaults: ↓ 9%
Violent crime: Down in every major city reporting data
Largest drops: Oakland (25%) and San Francisco (21%)
According to the independent data, there’s been an 18% drop in homicides, an 18% in robberies and a 9% drop in aggravated assaults. Overall violent crime was down in each jurisdiction reporting data, with the overall largest declines in violent crimes being reported by law enforcement officials in Oakland (25%) and San Francisco (21%). Not every major city is seeing California’s same results: violent crime increased in Atlanta (+19%) and Omaha (+4%), and homicides rose in El Paso (+26%) and Arlington (+20%).
Criminal in Chief: Donald Trump
TRUMP’S BIG, DUMB, CORRUPT PLANE: He received a jumbo jet from Qatar, then signed a highly unusual, NATO-like security guarantee with them via executive order, vowing to defend the country if they are attacked by a foreign power. Because Trump wanted a new toy, Americans will have to foot an at least $400 million dollar bill to retrofit the plane. Just three days later, Trump offered Qatar a multi-billion-dollar defense and technology deal, including MQ-9B drones, counter-drone systems, advanced radar, satellite communications, and a $1 billion joint venture in quantum technologies. A few months later, Trump committed to new security guarantees with Qatar rivaling those offered by NATO allies. Surely none of this has anything to do with the Trump family’s planned multi-billion dollar resort in Qatar, right?
34 REASONS: A New York court convicted the President of 34 felony counts of falsified business records – the first time a former or sitting President has been convicted of criminal charges.
TRUMP PROTECTS PEDOPHILES: Trump cozies up to pedophiles like Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Trump Faith Advisor Robert Morris.
TRUMP’S CRYPTO CORRUPTION: Trump used to call crypto a “scam,” then he cashed in. The Trump family has raked in at least $800 million dollars in crypto since the start of 2025 alone. He also pardoned Binance’s co-founder after Binance helped set up Trump’s own crypto holdings company and suspended an SEC fraud investigation into a crypto billionaire Justin Sun just weeks after Sun invested $75 million into Trump’s crypto company World Liberty Financial. Trump is cashing in on his presidential power, bumping up the value of his $TRUMP memecoin by 60% by offering a White House tour to top investors.
January 6 Insurrectionists
President Trump unleashed his loyal, violent and sexual predator cronies onto the streets of America, endangering all of us while he jets off across the globe.
The President’s first act in office was to grant clemency to about 1,500 people – every person charged or convicted for their role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The pardons and commutations for these “patriots” do not clear their previous extensive criminal records, including those charged with rape and domestic violence.
After their pardons, several Jan 6ers went on to be convicted of possessing child pornography, sexually assaulting a child, driving under the influence and reckless homicide, burglary, grand theft, home invasion, and resisting arrest, among other crimes.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández
The former Honduran President and convicted top drug boss received a Trump pardon. The former President had been sentenced to a 45-year prison sentence after being convicted for using his position to smuggle 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S. in 2024. Honduras, for its part, has issued a warrant for his arrest.
He is just one of more than 100 unrepentant and unreformed people convicted of weapons and drug-related crimes that Trump has pardoned — a roster that includes other high-profile drug trafficking and kingpin cases.
Changpeng Zhao
Governor Newsom supports responsible crypto and blockchain innovation while prioritizing consumer protection, not fraud. Meanwhile Trump handed Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao — who pleaded guilty to failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program – a full and unconditional pardon. As part of his guilty plea, Zhao acknowledged publicly that Binance identified users who appear to be involved in illicit activity but allowed the users to continue to use the exchange because they were VIPs. Binance’s willful failures allowed money to flow to terrorist, cybercriminals, and child abusers through its platform.
In addition, Binance Holdings Limited pleaded guilty to violations related to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), failure to register as a money transmitting business, and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
All of this while Trump said publicly he doesn’t know who Zhao is. Maybe Sneaky Pete used the autopen while Trump slept
Trump’s family has pursued crypto ventures through World Liberty Financial. Binance helped developthe code for USD1, a digital currency issued by World Liberty Financial, which was later used by a UAE firm to make a $2 billion investment in Binance. Days after Trump pardoned the Binance founder, Binance began promoting USD1 to U.S. investors, increasing its accessibility and potential value.
Ross Ulbricht
The former Silk Road founder helped facilitate the sale of more than $214 million in illegal drugs through a dark web marketplace, with some of those who bought drugs dying. He was sentenced to life in prison.
Trump pardoned him for his 2015 conviction for a narcotics and money-laundering conspiracy.
Rod Blagojevich
The former Illinois Governor was convicted of multiple political corruption charges, including holding up funding for state hospitals while trying to sell an appointment to an Illinois Senate seat.
Trump originally had commuted his 14-year sentence, then pardoned him entirely earlier this year, which cleared his record.
Devon Archer
The former businessman and private-equity investor received a Trump pardon for his conviction in 2022 of defrauding the Oglala Sioux Nation in a $60 million bond scheme.
BitMEX Bros
California’s support of responsible crypto and blockchain innovation is in stark contrast to the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange co-founders Benjamin Delo, Arthur Hayes, Gregory Dwyer, and Samuel Reed who received a Trump pardon. They had pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act.
Trump also pardoned the corporation that owns the cryptocurrency exchange, HDR Global Trading Limited.
Michele Fiore
The former Las Vegas city councilmember and state lawmaker was convicted of seven counts relating to wire fraud.
She had raised more than $70,000 for the statue of a slain police officer, but instead spent it on cosmetic surgery, rent and other outlandish personal expenses.
George Santos
Serial fraudster and Congressmember who lied about his identity and committed wire fraud had their sentence commuted by President Trump after serving only three months of his sentence.
Trump doesn’t care if you lie about your mom dying on 9/11, steal personal identity information from elderly donors and use your campaign apparatus for personal gain, as long as you can out MAGA your way through a republican primary you may be eligible for clemency and maybe a new Louis Vuitton bag too.
For more information on Trump’s pardons, visit the federal Department of Justice website.
Nobody’s safe from Trump
Former MAGA Megaphone Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of the most recent people to feel the wrath of the President’s daily violent rhetoric. After she broke with the President in his quest to protect Epstein affiliates and jack-up prices for people’s healthcare, Trump called her a traitor. Trump’s acts have threatened his opponents’ personal safety – Marjorie said her family received death threats that were fueled by the President.
Trump doesn’t care about public safety
The Trump Administration has made cuts to public safety, including canceling more than $800 million in federal grant money that would have funded school violence programs, training for police officers, resources for domestic violence survivors and hate crime prevention.
All of this as there’s been a reported 2,000 agents reassigned from anti-trafficking task forces to immigration and border missions, leaving longstanding federal-state initiatives under-resourced and federal drug prosecutions falling to their lowest levels in decades.
Other cuts include:
- High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program funding was cut by 35% ($102 million), shrinking federal support for multi-agency teams targeting drug/human trafficking.
- The State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons was cut by one-third, reducing global coordination and survivor assistance.
- The Department of Labor eliminated over $500 million in grants for child labor and trafficking prevention, with ripple effects in vulnerable countries tied to U.S. trade.
- The USAID Counter Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) program was closed, and anti-trafficking responsibilities shifted to the State Department with reduced funding.
- Major victim support and prevention grants were canceled or cut, with advocates and local law enforcement warning of weakened response capacity.
- Cutting funding to the Multi-state Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a key vehicle for sharing cybersecurity threat intelligence and collaborating on incident response.
California’s significant public safety investments
California has invested $1.7 billion since 2019 to fight crime, help local governments hire more police, and improve public safety. In 2023, as part of California’s Public Safety Plan, the Governor announced the largest-ever investment to combat organized retail crime in state history, an annual 310% increase in proactive operations targeting organized retail crime, and special operations across the state to fight crime and improve public safety.
Last year, Governor Newsom signed into law the most significant bipartisan legislation to crack down on property crime in modern California history. Building on the state’s robust laws and record public safety funding, these bipartisan bills offer new tools to bolster ongoing efforts to hold criminals accountable for smash-and-grab robberies, property crime, retail theft, and auto burglaries. While California’s crime rate remains at near-historic lows, these laws help California adapt to evolving criminal tactics to ensure perpetrators are effectively held accountable.
As part of the largest-ever state investment to fight organized retail crime, Governor Newsom announced in 2023 that the state allocated $267 million to 55 communities to help them combat this issue. These funds have allowed cities and counties to hire more police officers, make more arrests, and pursue more felony charges against suspects.