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 Donald Trump issued a number of high-profile pardons this week, including MAGA allies and donors convicted of nonviolent offenses. Critics cry corruption, but supporters remember Joe Biden's use of the pardon to protect his own family before he left office.

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.