by Tate Adamiak who was convicted on trumped up charges of selling machine guns has been pardoned. He has served four years of a 20 year sentence.
No one has followed this case more closely or written more in support of Adamiak than SAF’s Lee Williams. He has over 60 articles out reporting on this case.
For more on the false charges, read this summary by Williams published this afternoon.
Adamiak’s appeal to the Supreme Court on a writ of certiorari was denied in late 2025. The Second Amendment Foundation, the NRA, and other gun rights groups had filed an amicus brief supporting Adamiak as did NAGR and Palmetto State Armory.
While Adamiak can never get his Navy career back nor the four years he spent in prison, I hope he will be able to recover some of what he lost through the government’s malfeasance.
UPDATE:
The NRA released the following statement praising the President’s pardon of Adamiak:
“The National Rifle Association welcomes President Trump’s pardon of Navy veteran Patrick ‘Tate’ Adamiak. He served honorably and collected inert relics, replicas, and training devices—not functional firearms—yet received a 20-year sentence under aggressive Biden-era ATF overreach. This case was never about public safety; it was about government overreach and harassing gun owners. Today’s pardon restores the freedom and rights of a law-abiding American.”