Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
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Trump voters call president’s pardon of corrupt Virginia sheriff ‘a terrific mistake’
Many in Virginia’s Culpeper County are unhappy with the president’s pardon of a sheriff convicted of bribery. Trump called him a victim “persecuted by the Radical Left ‘monsters’ and ‘left for dead.'”
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Trump pardons disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Obama. Trump commuted his sentence in 2020.
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One of the Jan. 6 defendants has turned down Trump’s pardon
Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge and spent 60 days behind bars for her role in the Capitol riots, says she no longer believes the lies President Trump promoted.
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Trump offers long-promised pardons to some 1,500 January 6 rioters
On the campaign trail, Trump regularly featured the stories of Jan. 6 defendants he labeled “hostages” and “patriots.”
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Biden pardons Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who “made significant contributions to improving their communities.”
