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Trump pardons Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar on federal bribery charges
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President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife, Imelda, wiping away federal charges including bribery and money laundering tied to a 2024 indictment. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries backed the move, calling the case against Cuellar “very thin” and saying the pardon produced “the right outcome.”
President Donald Trump has pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was serving a 45-year U.S. prison sentence for a drug-trafficking conspiracy. The decision, confirmed by a White House official and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, led to Hernández's release from a federal facility in West Virginia on Monday and has drawn criticism amid ongoing U.S. efforts against narcotics trafficking in Latin America.
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Former President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted in the United States on drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The announcement comes as Trump openly backs a conservative candidate in Honduras' upcoming presidential election, and as Hernández’s lawyer hails the potential pardon as a step toward correcting what he calls an injustice.
Christopher Moynihan, a 34-year-old man pardoned by President Trump for his role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. New York State Police acted on an FBI tip after Moynihan sent text messages outlining plans to eliminate Jeffries during a speech in New York City. He faces a felony charge of making a terroristic threat.
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President Donald Trump announced on October 17, 2025, that he has commuted the prison sentence of former New York Republican Representative George Santos. Santos, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, had been serving more than seven years behind bars since July 2025. The move releases him immediately, drawing comparisons from Trump to past misstatements by Senator Richard Blumenthal.