Zachary Czubak and Patrick Fleming ran a diesel shop called Arm Rippin Toys. Between July 2019 and September 2020, they modified 37 diesel vehicles and collected roughly $100,000 for the work. In 2022, the Biden administration charged them with Clean Air Act conspiracy for removing federally required emissions equipment.

On Tuesday, President Trump called them onstage in Anchorage and pardoned them in front of the crowd.

"I'm giving each one of the three an unconditional pardon," Trump said from the stage at the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center. The third pardon went to Mackenzie "Mac" Spurlock, a diesel shop owner in Wasilla who faced the same charges — tampering with monitoring devices on diesel vehicles.

Three blue-collar mechanics in Alaska who modified trucks for paying customers. The Biden administration's EPA decided that was a federal crime deserving of years in prison.

"What an honor. I love doing this stuff," Trump said as he signed the pardons live. The crowd in Anchorage saw exactly what the pardon power looks like when it's aimed at regular Americans instead of political insiders and president’s sons.

The pardons were the opening act. Trump used the same event to announce major energy policy wins for Alaska, including permits for an 800-mile natural gas pipeline. "Every single permit that you need, you can start tonight," he told the audience.

Trump didn't just sign paperwork in the Oval Office and issue a press release. He brought Czubak, Fleming, and Spurlock onstage, pardoned them in front of their neighbors, and then pivoted to announcing that Alaska's energy industry was getting the permits it had been denied for years. The event stacked a personal justice moment on top of a major policy win.