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President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to Rep. Henry Cuellar, a conservative Democrat in Texas who harbors many of the same anti-immigration views he does.

Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, were indicted in 2024 on charges relating to their allegedly accepting $600,000 in payments from foreign sources, including from an Azerbaijan state-run oil company and a Mexican bank. Their trial, featuring a dozen charges relating to bribery, money laundering, and conspiracy, was set to start this coming spring.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed, without evidence, that the Biden administration had indicted the Cuellars based on the congressman’s outspoken criticism of former President Joe Biden’s immigration policies.

“Biden just Indicted Henry Cuellar because the Respected Democrat Congressman wouldn’t play Crooked Joe’s Open Border game,” Trump wrote. “He was for Border Control, so they said, ‘Let’s use the FBI and DOJ to take him out!'”

Trump also said that “CROOKED JOE BIDEN IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!” — despite Biden no longer holding any government position nor expressing a desire to ever do so again.

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