US EditionTrump Says ‘I Don’t Know Him’ When Pressed About Apparent Hypocrisy In Pardoning Violent Drug Kingpin
Trump said he pardoned Hernández after being asked by Hondurans despite Hernández's conviction in a major drug trafficking conspiracy involving over 500 tons of cocaine, U.S. prosecutors said.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump admitted he knew little about Juan Orlando Hernández's case and pardoned him because people asked him to do it, Politico reporter Dasha Burns said.
- Prosecutors said Juan Orlando Hernández helped move more than 500 tons of cocaine, and U.S. authorities described him as central to a vast trafficking conspiracy, while Emile Bove led the investigation and later joined the Trump Justice Department.
- The administration has called alleged traffickers 'narco-terrorists' and President Donald Trump has ordered strikes killing over 80 people in the Caribbean Sea, linking them to his drug-war campaign.
- After the September 2 strike, lawmakers withheld one-fourth of Pete Hegseth's travel budget and demand the Pentagon release strike orders and unedited video to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees.
- Critics say Juan Orlando Hernández's pardon undercuts Trump's drug war claims, while military lawyers and an admiral who objected highlight the need for oversight, Tess Bridgeman says.
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Last week, President Donald Trump made an announcement that shook the foundations of Honduran politics by declaring that he would issue a pardon for former President Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH). Faithful to his word, Hernández was released on Tuesday and is again a free man after serving a little more than a year in prison.Read more]]>
Trump Says ‘I Don’t Know Him’ When Pressed About Apparent Hypocrisy In Pardoning Violent Drug Kingpin
President Donald Trump sat down at the White House for a lengthy interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns, which was released on Tuesday. Burns pressed Trump on the apparent hypocrisy of his pardoning a violent drug trafficker, former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, while promising to crack down on drugs coming into the U.S., including killing drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea with airstrikes. Burns asked, “You pardoned former Honduran…
President Donald Trump is assuming an increasingly personal role in the government's clemency process, granting pardons with a historic frequency to help his allies and promote their own political claims.
Things that may bother Trump of Honduras right now: that he still does not resolve his presidential election (of course, in favor of his rooster, Nasry Asfura)... and that they want to reinstate former President Orlando Hernández. Let us remember that, just a few days ago, President Trump pardoned and ordered the release of Hernández, who was serving a 45-year sentence, after being found responsible for helping bring 400 tons of cocaine into the…
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