US EditionTrump Pardons Former Top Entertainment Executive Who Was Charged by His Own Justice Department
President Trump granted a full pardon to Tim Leiweke, accused of rigging a $375 million Texas arena bid, after Oak View Group paid $15 million in penalties, officials said.
- Donald Trump granted Tim Leiweke a pardon, just five months after the administration's Justice Department charged the live entertainment executive in a scheme to rig a bidding process for a public arena in Texas.
- Leiweke, the former CEO of Oak View Group, orchestrated an effort to get a rival to stand down on a bid for the arena contract in exchange for gaining subcontracts, according to the indictment brought by the DOJ's Antitrust Division.
- Leiweke was represented by Trump ally Trey Gowdy, who had lobbied the Justice Department to drop the case or grant him clemency, according to a person familiar with the situation.
89 Articles
89 Articles
US President Donald Trump pardoned Tim Leiweke, 5 months after the former CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE).
Trump pardons sports arena CEO charged with bid rigging in Texas
President Trump has pardoned a real estate and sports arena executive who had been accused of bid rigging in Texas just months earlier, his administration announced Wednesday. Tim Leiweke, 68, faced up to a decade in prison for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act to build the Moody Center at the University of Texas. He was charged in July 2025, with Trump appointees proudly boasting at the time about cracking down on corruption. “Unfair business…
Trump pardons live entertainment CEO Tim Leiweke months after DOJ indictment
President Donald Trump pardoned Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke on Wednesday, months after the live entertainment mogul was indicted on charges of conspiring to rig the bidding process for an arena in Texas.Leiweke is alleged to have conspired with the CEO of a rival company to rig the bidding process for the development and use of a public arena that would have gone on the campus of a university in Austin, Texas."As outlined in the indictment, t…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 60% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
