{"id":2517297,"date":"2025-12-03T23:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T04:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pardons-oak-view-co-founder-indicted-by-his-doj-in-july\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T23:20:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T04:20:43","slug":"trump-pardons-oak-view-co-founder-indicted-by-his-doj-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pardons-oak-view-co-founder-indicted-by-his-doj-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump pardons Oak View co-founder indicted by his DOJ in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-pardons-oak-view-co-founder-indicted-by-his-doj-in-july%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2517297&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald trump granted a full and unconditional pardon to Tim Leiweke, co-founder of Oak View Group, who had been indicted by the Department of Justice in July for allegedly conspiring to rig the bidding process for a public university arena in Austin, Texas. Leiweke pleaded not guilty to the charges, which carried penalties including up to 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine. the indictment accused him of collaborating with Legends Hospitality to manipulate the bidding to benefit his own company, thus depriving the university and taxpayers of a fair process. Leiweke resigned from Oak View Group following the indictment. Trey Gowdy, a Trump ally and former congressman, had advocated for clemency on leiweke&#8217;s behalf. Oak View Group expressed relief that Leiweke could move past the legal issues. Leiweke praised Trump for the pardon, calling it a new chance for him and his family. This pardon comes alongside others Trump recently issued for Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar and former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump pardons Oak View co-founder indicted by his Justice Department in July<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2422750\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> issued a &ldquo;full and unconditional&rdquo; pardon for a business executive whom his own <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\">Department of Justice<\/a> charged with a felony in July.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/pardon\/media\/1419981\/dl?inline\">issued the pardon<\/a> of Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke without a public statement. It&rsquo;s unclear why he pardoned Leiweke, though he is represented by Trump ally and former Rep. Trey Gowdy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3906403\/trump-video-second-strike-drug-boat-survivors\/\">Trump says he&#8217;d &#8216;certainly release&#8217; video of second strike on suspected drug boat survivors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3906187\/trump-sanctions-venezuela-model-rosita-tren-de-aragua\/\">Trump sanctions Venezuelan model over alleged support for Tren de Aragua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3904244\/trump-announce-fuel-standards-reverse-biden-era-rules\/\">Trump announces new fuel standards, reversing Biden-era rules<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Gowdy lobbied the administration to drop the case against Leiweke or grant him clemency, CNN <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/03\/politics\/tim-leiweke-pardon-trump\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A federal grand jury indicted Leiweke of &ldquo;orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university in Austin, Texas,&rdquo; in July. He pleaded not guilty to the charge, which carried a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ said Leiweke conspired with Legends Hospitality to rig the bidding process.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As outlined in the indictment, the Defendant rigged a bidding process to benefit his own company and deprived a public university and taxpayers of the benefits of competitive bidding,&rdquo; Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater of the DOJ&rsquo;s Antitrust Division said then. &ldquo;The Antitrust Division and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nazi-guard-living-in-tennessee-deported-to-germany\/\" title=\"Former Nazi Guard Living In Tennessee Deported To Germany\">law enforcement partners<\/a> will continue to hold executives who cheat to avoid competition accountable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leiweke praised Trump for the pardon, saying, &ldquo;This has been a long and difficult journey for my wife, my daughter, and me. The President has given us a new lease on life, with which we will be grateful and good stewards.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Following Leiweke&rsquo;s indictment, he resigned from Oak View Group. OVG said the company was &ldquo;happy&rdquo; Leiweke could put the indictment behind him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are happy for Tim that he can now put this matter behind him,&rdquo; a spokesperson for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-ceo-falls-to-death-after-on-stage-stunt-goes-wrong\/\" title=\"Tech CEO dies in tragic on-stage accident\">venue management company<\/a> said in a statement on Wednesday. &ldquo;OVG has remained steadfastly focused on delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients under the leadership of our CEO, Chris Granger.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>OVG previously agreed to pay $15 million in penalties in connection with the allegations against Leiweke, the DOJ said.<\/p>\n<p>Leiweke ran the NBA&rsquo;s Denver Nuggets as the organization&rsquo;s president from 1991 to 1995 before co-founding OVG in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3905367\/trump-pardons-house-democrat-henry-cuellar\/\">TRUMP PARDONS DEMOCRATIC REP. HENRY CUELLAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leiweke previously criticized Trump as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-argues-500m-civil-fraud-verdict-is-clear-cut-statute-of-limitations-violation-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump argues 0M civil fraud verdict is \u2018clear-cut\u2019 statute of limitations violation - Washington Examiner\">con man&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and praised former Vice President Mike Pence in deleted social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>The president also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recently issued pardons<\/a> to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife for bribery charges and former&nbsp;Honduran President Juan Orlando Hern&aacute;ndez for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/father-of-saints-super-fan-sentenced-to-eight-years-in-prison-after-stealing-donations-from-sons-charity\/\" title=\"Father Of Saints Super Fan Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison After Stealing Donations From Son\u2019s Charity\">drug trafficking charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump pardons Oak View co-founder Tim Leiweke indicted in July<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2517298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/djtt.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4684,65368,68189,51796,3634],"class_list":["post-2517297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-co-founder","tag-doj-indictment","tag-oak-view","tag-pardon-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/djtt.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2517297"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2517301,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517297\/revisions\/2517301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2517298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2517297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2517297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2517297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}