‘FINALLY OVER’: Trump Pardons Runner Convicted for Jaunt on ‘Restricted’ Trail During Record-Breaking Run

Zachary Leeman Nov 12th, 2025, 10:02 am

(Bradly J. Boner/Jackson Hole News Guide via AP)

President Donald Trump has pardoned Michelino Sunseri , a man convicted of taking a prohibited trail while running the Grand Teton, one of the tallest peaks in western Wyoming.

“IT’S FINALLY OVER⁣. Well… the trail trial of the century is officially over,” Sunseri wrote on Facebook Monday. “In an unbelievable twist that even Hollywood couldn’t write, I woke up this morning to find out I’ve been given a PRESIDENTIAL PARDON from Donald J. Trump — over the Grand Teton FKT and my use of the Old Climber’s Trail.⁣”

In September 2024, Sunseri used the “restricted” trail while making his way d

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