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Trump plans to pardon Wanda Vázquez Garced and co-defendants in a federal campaign finance case, citing political prosecution claims amid over 1,700 pardons granted last year.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump pardoned former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced, banker Julio Martín Herrera Velutini, and former FBI agent Mark Rossini, overturning their pending sentences.
- White House officials framed the case as political prosecution, noting the investigation began 10 days after Wanda Vázquez Garced endorsed Trump and citing Christopher Kise's DOJ involvement last year.
- Between Dec. 2019 and June 2020, Herrera Velutini and Rossini allegedly paid $300,000 to political consultants to support Vázquez's campaign and influence the regulator replacement.
- Federal prosecutors had been seeking one year behind bars for Wanda Vázquez Garced, who pleaded guilty last August and was due to be sentenced later this month, while judges said they were kept `in the dark`.
- Amid a wider clemency spree, President Donald Trump has granted more than 1,700 pardons last year, following a pattern including Juan Orlando Hernández and Alexander Sittenfeld, raising concerns about DOJ norms.
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Trump to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Vázquez in campaign finance case, White House says
Vázquez pleaded guilty last August to a campaign finance violation in a federal case that authorities say also involved a former FBI agent and a Venezuelan banker. Her sentencing was set for later this month.
President Trump is Set To Pardon A Former Republican Governor * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Anthony
President Trump is set to issue a new pardon. A new report by Fox News has revealed that President Trump is set to pardon the former Governor of Puerto Rico. In the report, it was revealed that White House insiders have revealed that Trump is set to pardon Republican Governor Wanda Vazquez after she was indicted by the Biden DOJ on bribery charges. Fox News reported on the thought process behind Trump’s pardon: President Donald Trump will pardo…
President Donald Trump has pardoned former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez, convicted of corruption by the Democratic Administration of Joe Biden in 2022. Vázquez, who backed the Republican in the 2020 presidential election, pleaded guilty last August and his sentence was set at the end of this month. Prosecutors had requested a one-year prison sentence.Keep reading
Trump Pardons Puerto Rico’s Ex-Governor Just as the Case Against Her Heats Up
Ramon "Tonito" Zayas / GFR Media (GDA via AP Images) Ramon "Tonito" Zayas/APFor a brief moment this week, it looked as if federal prosecutors were about to yank away the plea deal they’d extended to corrupt former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced, who faced years in prison for bribery.Prosecutors told a federal judge they were appalled that, since the plea deal, Vázquez Garced shrugged off all responsibility, blamed her advisers and told re…
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