{"id":2517049,"date":"2025-12-03T13:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trump-pardons-democratic-congressman-charged-with-bribery-and-money-laundering\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:11:38","slug":"breaking-trump-pardons-democratic-congressman-charged-with-bribery-and-money-laundering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trump-pardons-democratic-congressman-charged-with-bribery-and-money-laundering\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Trump Pardons Democratic Congressman Charged with Bribery and Money Laundering"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-trump-pardons-democratic-congressman-charged-with-bribery-and-money-laundering%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2517049&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump announced a full pardon for Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife, Imelda, who were indicted in 2024 on federal charges of bribery and money laundering. Trump claimed the indictment was politically motivated by the Biden administration in retaliation for Cuellar&#8217;s criticism of the Biden administration&#8217;s border policies. Cuellar had publicly urged the Democrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-to-border-state-governors-we-must-fix-foreign-countries-first-to-help-secure-our-borders\/\" title=\"Joe Biden to Border State Governors: We Must Fix Foreign Countries First to Help Secure Our Borders\">address border security<\/a>, highlighting it as a significant issue for voters. The Justice Department accused Cuellar of accepting approximately $600,000 in bribes from foreign entities in exchange for influencing U.S. foreign policy and legislative matters. Cuellar&#8217;s family had petitioned Trump for a pardon, suggesting the case was influenced by Cuellar&#8217;s political independence. Trump condemned the Biden administration and Democrats as threats to democracy and declared that Cuellar&#8217;s pardon ends what he described as an unjust &#8220;nightmare.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is pardoning Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife, Imelda, who were indicted last year on federal bribery and money laundering offenses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For years, the Biden Administration weaponized the Justice System against their Political Opponents, and anyone who disagreed with them. One of the clearest examples of this was when Crooked Joe used the FBI and DOJ to &lsquo;take out&rsquo; a member of his own Party after Highly Respected Congressman Henry Cuellar bravely spoke out against Open Borders, and the Biden Border &lsquo;Catastrophe,&rsquo;&rdquo; Trump wrote in a  post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sleepy Joe went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman&rsquo;s wonderful wife, Imelda, simply for speaking the TRUTH. It is unAmerican and, as I previously stated, the Radical Left Democrats are a complete and total threat to Democracy!&rdquo; the president continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They will attack, rob, lie, cheat, destroy, and decimate anyone who dares to oppose their Far Left Agenda, an Agenda that, if left unchecked, will obliterate our magnificent Country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, &ldquo;Because of these facts, and others, I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don&rsquo;t know you, but you can sleep well tonight &mdash; Your nightmare is finally over!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Donald J. Trump  Post 10:29 AM EST 12\/03\/25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aewT2YURWu\">pic.twitter.com\/aewT2YURWu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From  (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1996251432266465308?\">December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In January 2024, Cuellar told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-announces-pardon-democratic-rep-henry-cuellar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> that then-President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats needed to address border security because it was going to be a major election issue.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If they&rsquo;re looking at the same polls I&rsquo;ve been looking at, the American public doesn&rsquo;t like what&rsquo;s happening,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-gop-trumps-historic-gains-hispanics-set-give-us-massive-advantage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cuellar<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I represent an area where it&rsquo;s almost 80% Hispanic, a lot of Democrats,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;So, yeah, the polls are showing that it&rsquo;s an important issue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Biden Justice Department then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/24636508-cuellar-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indicted<\/a> Cuellar and his wife in April 2024 for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >allegedly receiving roughly 0<\/a>,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-owned energy company and a Mexican bank.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/us-congressman-henry-cuellar-and-his-wife-charged-bribery-unlawful-foreign-influence-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> said at the time, &ldquo;The bribe payments were allegedly laundered, pursuant to sham consulting contracts, through a series of front companies and middlemen into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alex-jones-infowars-files-for-bankruptcy-over-sandy-hook-defamation-lawsuits\/\" title=\"Alex Jones\u2019 Infowars Files For Bankruptcy Over Sandy Hook Defamation Lawsuits\">shell companies owned<\/a> by Imelda Cuellar, who performed little to no legitimate work under the contracts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In exchange for the bribes paid by the Azerbaijani oil and gas company, Congressman Cuellar allegedly agreed to use his office to influence U.S. foreign policy in favor of Azerbaijan. In exchange for the bribes paid by the Mexican bank, Congressman Cuellar allegedly agreed to influence legislative activity and to advise and pressure high-ranking U.S. Executive Branch officials regarding measures beneficial to the bank,&rdquo; the DOJ said.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115656343773820545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to Trump, Cuellar&rsquo;s daughters, Christina and Catherine, urged the president to pardon their father, arguing that they &ldquo;believe that our father&rsquo;s independence and honesty may have contributed to how this case began.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; BREAKING: President Trump just granted a full PARDON to Democrat Congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas, saying Joe Biden ordered a WITCH HUNT against Cuellar for speaking out against open borders<\/p>\n<p>Wow!<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: &ldquo;As I previously stated, the Radical Left Democrats are a complete and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YCykkVgqgq\">pic.twitter.com\/YCykkVgqgq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicksortor\/status\/1996241716425200071?\">December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you and your family faced your own challenges, we understood that pain in a very human way,&rdquo; they added in the letter, which Trump posted to .<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We prayed for you and your family &mdash; for your strength, your peace, and your faith to stay strong &mdash; because we know that behind the headlines, there are real people who hurt, who love, and who still hope for better days.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He claimed that the Biden Administration has long used the Justice System as a political weapon against opponents and critics, citing Cuellar&#8217;s case as a prime example. Trump accused President Biden of targeting Cuellar and his wife simply for speaking out against open borders and the border crisis, calling these actions un-American and labeling Radical Left Democrats as a threat to democracy. He emphasized that they will go to great lengths to silence anyone opposing their agenda, which he warned could destroy the country if left unchecked. Trump concluded by announcing his full pardon for Henry Cuellar and Imelda, assuring them that their ordeal is over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2517050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michael-Featured-Image-375.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46058,51796,3634],"class_list":["post-2517049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democratic-congressman","tag-pardon-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michael-Featured-Image-375.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2517049"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2517053,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517049\/revisions\/2517053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2517050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2517049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2517049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2517049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}