President Donald Trump's appointees reportedly terminated an early-stage criminal investigation into his controversial clemency for a convicted fraudster. Five people with direct knowledge of the commutation claim that the Trump team did not want any probing into whether improper payments were made to commute a sentence to David Gentile, according to a report by The New York Times. Gentile was convicted of a $1.6 billion fraud against thousands of investors while running his private equity firm. By targeting low-income and middle-income investors, Gentile wiped out the retirement savings for many of his clients. Because of Trump's clemency, Gentile served less than two weeks of his seven year prison sentence and will not need to forfeit more than $15.5 million.