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Former U.S. attorney for Utah among Trump allies getting paid by people who want a pardon

Brett Tolman was paid $22,500 by an Arizona man to seek clemency for the founder of the online drug market Silk Road.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Former U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman, photographed in 2018, who has been advising the White House on pardons and commutations, has monetized his clemency work, collecting tens of thousands of dollars, and possibly more, in recent weeks to lobby the White House for clemency for the son of a former Arkansas senator; the founder of the notorious online drug marketplace Silk Road; and a New York City socialite who pleaded guilty in a fraud scheme.