President Donald Trump announced a pardon of Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife on Wednesday, a move that would wipe away a criminal case that accused the couple of taking about $600,000 in bribes from the government of Azerbaijan and a foreign bank headquartered in Mexico City.
Trump said in a social media post that he was announcing a “full and unconditional” pardon of the Texas Democrat and his wife, Imelda. “Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!” Trump said in the post.
The couple was indicted last year under the Biden administration. Cuellar and his wife each initially had faced a range of federal criminal charges, including five counts of money laundering, two counts of bribery of a federal official and two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud, according to the Justice Department.
