https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pardons-texas-congressman-cuellar-wife-2025-12-03/WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was granting a "full and unconditional pardon" to Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas, and his wife Imelda, who were charged with bribery.Last year, Cuellar and his wife were indicted for allegedly accepting close to $600,000 in bribes in two schemes meant to benefit an Azerbaijani state-owned energy company and an unnamed bank based in Mexico.He has maintained his innocence and that of his wife."I want to thank President Trump for his tremendous leadership and for taking the time to look at the facts. I thank God for standing with my family and I during this difficult time. This decision clears the air and lets us move forward for South Texas," Cuellar said in a social media posting on X.In his own social media post, Trump accused former President Joe Biden's administration of having "weaponized" the justice system against Cuellar for having spoken out against Biden's immigration policies.Cuellar, first elected to the House in 2004, is a moderate Democrat who has fended off recent primary challenges from more progressive candidates in the party.The Democratic Party's congressional campaign committee has put Cuellar on its list of incumbent Democrats it is defending for re-election because they could face stiff challenges in the 2026 midterm elections.Trump's Justice Department has largely dismantled its Public Integrity Section, which was erected after the Watergate scandal to investigate and prosecute the country's most politically sensitive cases.As the section has unraveled, Trump has pardoned or commuted sentences for many of the defendants in cases that still remained outstanding, including former TN House Speaker Glen Casada, former TN state lawmaker Brian Kelsey, a former VA sheriff and a Las Vegas councilwoman, former Republican Representative George Santos.
>>1462114Crime is legal if you have an R next to your name.
>>1462117He was a democrat
>>1462118Oh lol. Saw "Rep" and "Texas" and assumed automatically.However, he was also very critical of Biden, so apparently it's actually even easier than being a repub; just say what Trump likes and crime is now legal for you.
>>1462139>just say what Trump likes and crime is now legal for you.That, and sizable bribe
Can Republicans stop enabling corruption for 5 fucking minutes.
>>1462139>>1462117He was as far right for a democrat as possible. I.E. he'd be a republican in the 1980s before the party shifted to the fringe right.This is trump trying to pretend he's being bipartisan with his corrupt pardons and the missing the point that democrats will jail anyone, regardless of party affiliation if they're corrupt.
>>1462114The president is supposed to pardon at the END of his term, not any time he feels like…
>>1462139>>1462193Democrats and Republicans are literally just Coke and Pepsi. It's the exact same garbage with slightly different branding to make people feel special that the sugar water poison they are wasting their paychecks on supports them in some way. Trump used to be a registered Democrat and was friends with the Clintons. Both parties are the same tiny group of oligarchs putting on a shitty play so the proles waste all their energy cheering for their fake team.
>>1462361>both sides are bad, so vote republicanSHILL SAID THE THING
>>1462362Ohh don't get me wrong. If you are stuck in the US and not in the %1 to wealth earners, the Democrats are still definitely the better option of the two. I just want to make it clear that's still only by a sliver and they are at heart both mostly corporate oligarchs.
>>1462364>they are at heart both mostly corporate oligarchsKay. I'mma keep voting for the side jailing corporate oligarchs over the side pardoning them.
