Trump gave a pardon to Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar and his wife after they got hit with bribery charges last year. Federal prosecutors said the couple took roughly $600,000 from an Azerbaijani state-owned energy firm and a Mexican bank, laundering it through shell companies while Cuellar allegedly pushed US foreign policy to favor Azerbaijan. Trump posted that the Biden administration weaponized the justice system against Cuellar for criticizing border policies.
Cuellar has denied everything and thanked Trump for checking the facts. The pardon fits a wider trend of Trump clearing people who were being prosecuted by the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section, which handles sensitive corruption cases but got downsized under his administration.
Cuellar has denied everything and thanked Trump for checking the facts. The pardon fits a wider trend of Trump clearing people who were being prosecuted by the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section, which handles sensitive corruption cases but got downsized under his administration.
