Trump signs pardons for Alaska diesel mechanics onstage during rally touting major energy deals

President Donald Trump announced pardons for two Alaska diesel mechanics during a midterm rally Tuesday night in Wasilla, bringing the men onstage to sign clemency documents as he highlighted major energy investments and infrastructure projects in the Last Frontier.

Trump identified Zachary Czubak and Patrick Fleming, two co-owners of an Anchorage diesel repair shop who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act in 2022.

"I'm giving each one of the three an unconditional pardon," Trump told supporters, also referring to an earlier pardon for Mackenzie "Mac" Spurlock, a Wasilla diesel shop owner.

The president defended the men, saying their work helped keep trucks operating in Alaska's extreme cold and arguing that their Biden-era prosecutions were unfair. ---More...

???? IT'S OFFICIAL: By stroke of pen, President Trump PERSONALLY and FULLY pardons Alaskan truckers who were criminally charged for simply fixing trucks The trucker dropped this line: "We're not criminals...we want to help people!" "This means the world to me. It really did destroy us." ???????? Their lives were turned upside down over truck repairs and GREEN NEW SCAM BS Now their records are wiped clean! LET'S GO No more treating hardworking Americans like criminals!

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh)October 14, 2026