President Donald Trump introduced Wednesday that he’s granting a pardon to Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his spouse, who have been indicted on charges including bribery in 2024.
In a social media put up, Trump alleged that former President Joe Biden’s administration “went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman’s great spouse, Imelda,” as a result of Cuellar “bravely spoke out in opposition to Open Borders” and Biden’s immigration coverage. Cuellar, who’s a Democrat representing Texas, is a average who has usually damaged together with his occasion on votes within the Home.
Rep. Henry Cuellar is seen within the U.S. Capitol, June 4, 2024.
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Prosecutors alleged that Cuellar and his spouse, Imelda Cuellar, started accepting the roughly $600,000 in bribes from an oil and gasoline firm owned by Azerbaijan’s authorities in addition to a financial institution headquartered in Mexico Metropolis.
Cuellar, of Texas, allegedly influenced a collection of legislative measures concerning Azerbaijan’s battle with neighboring Armenia, and inserting language favored by Azerbaijan into laws and committee studies governing sure safety and financial support packages, in response to the indictment.
On this Jan. 6, 2015, file photograph, Home Speaker John Boehner of Ohio administers a ceremonial re-enactment of the Home oath-of-office to Rep. Henry Cuellar, accompanied by his spouse Imelda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
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Cuellar and his spouse pleaded not responsible to the costs and have been set to go to trial subsequent April.
Trump stated whereas he does not know Cuellar, he hopes he can “sleep nicely tonight.”
“Your nightmare is lastly over!,” Trump added within the Wednesday social media put up.
Cuellar thanked Trump in a social media put up Wednesday.
“I thank God for standing with my household and I throughout this tough time. This determination clears the air and lets us transfer ahead for South Texas,” Cuellar stated within the put up.
Trump has made sweeping use of his pardon energy in the course of the first yr of his second time period in workplace. He has come beneath scrutiny for a few of these pardon actions.
