"Remembering that balance in all things is a necessity, Trump made sure to undermine any possible, drug-related justification for U.S. intervention in Venezuela, against the regime of president Nicolás Maduro, by announcing the "full and complete pardon" of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, currently serving a 45-year federal prison sentence after being convicted in a U.S. court of conspiring with cartels to move more than 400 tons of cocaine toward the United States."
"Naturally, Trump being Trump, he offered no particular rationale for why it would be logical to pardon one prolific drug trafficker even as he's using the threat of drug trafficking from Venezuela to justify airstrikes on unconfirmed drug boats in the Caribbean, beyond saying (without evidence) that the conviction of Hernández was somehow a "Biden setup." Speaking to reporters Sunday, Trump would go on to effectively imply that no president or head of state, world-wide, should be prosecuted"
President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was serving a 45-year U.S. sentence for conspiring with cartels to traffic over 400 tons of cocaine toward the United States. The pardon undercuts any drug-trafficking rationale for U.S. pressure or intervention against Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela. Trump offered no legal justification for pardoning Hernández and labeled the conviction a "Biden setup." Trump also suggested that heads of state worldwide should not be prosecuted but could be deposed, implying willingness to use U.S. military force and to threaten strikes on suspected drug vessels.
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