US EditionTrump to pardon former Puerto Rico governor Vázquez in campaign finance violation case
Trump pardoned Wanda Vázquez and co-defendants in a bribery-related campaign finance case, framing the prosecutions as politically motivated, with sentencing scheduled this month.
- 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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The former governor of Puerto Rico, Vazquez, who was charged with corruption, has been pardoned by US President Trump.
Trump to PARDON Puerto Rico’s Former Governor After a Politically Motivated Case that Extended to Trump's Campaign | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
President Donald Trump is preparing to issue a full pardon to former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced and her co-defendants.
Trump Pardons Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced
President Donald Trump has pardoned former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced, who was charged with bribery in 2022, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Vázquez Garced was arrested in August 2022 on allegations that she engaged in a bribery scheme from December 2019 to June 2020 while serving as governor to finance her reelection campaign. The former governor pleaded guilty last year to accepting a donation from a foreign national …
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