Trump Pardons Two More Alaska Diesel Shop Owners in Clean Air Act Cases, Extending a Pattern of Emissions-Tampering Clemency
October 14, 2026
At a campaign rally in Wasilla on October 13, President Trump signed pardons onstage for Zachary Czubak and Patrick Fleming, according to CBS News, USA Today and Alaska News. The two are co-owners of Arm Rippin Toys, Inc., an Anchorage diesel repair shop, and pleaded guilty in 2022 to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act. The President described them as “Wasilla truckers,” but DOJ records identify them as Anchorage shop owners. Their pardons follow earlier ones for three other Alaska diesel mechanics: Mackenzie “Mac” Spurlock of Wasilla in July, and Arm Rippin co-owner Michael Hanzuk II and Wasilla shop owner Daniel Chase in September.
Sources
- DOJ Office of the Pardon Attorney, “Clemency Grants by President Donald J. Trump (2025-Present)”: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present
- Executive Grant of Clemency, United States v. Spurlock, 3:23-CR-109 (D. Alaska): https://www.justice.gov/pardon/media/1451221/dl?inline
- USAO District of Alaska, “Co-Owners of Arm Rippin Toys Plead Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation” (Nov. 9, 2022): https://www.justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/co-owners-arm-rippin-toys-plead-guilty-clean-air-act-violation
- USAO District of Alaska, “Former co-owners of Matanuska Diesel charged with Clean Air Act violations” (Nov. 20, 2023): https://www.justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/former-co-owners-matanuska-diesel-charged-clean-air-act-violations
- USAO District of Alaska, “Co-owner of Wasilla auto shop sentenced for violating Clean Air Act” (Nov. 2, 2023): https://www.justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/co-owner-wasilla-auto-shop-sentenced-violating-clean-air-act
- Sen. Dan Sullivan, press release on the Spurlock pardon (July 2026): https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sullivan-welcomes-presidential-pardon-for-wasilla-diesel-mechanic-unjustly-prosecuted-by-the-epa/
- Reporting on the October 13 pardons: CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardons-auto-workers-alaska-rally-clean-air-act/), USA Today (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/10/13/trump-pardon-alaskan-mechanics-emissions/92241806007/), Alaska News (https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/trump-pardons-two-anchorage-diesel-shop-owners-onstage-at-wasilla-campaign-rally)