"Speaking in a video posted to social media and referring to the US president, Hernandez eventually said Trump changed my life, and I'll never forget that. But first he praised God, saying in Spanish, You saw the injustice and suffering, and in your infinite mercy you helped us. Thanks to you, Lord, today I'm a free man, Hernandez said while delivering his first remarks since his 1 December pardon. I never lost the faith."
"He maintained that the purported conspirators were upset with him for trying to crack down on organized crime in Honduras while he was president there. They wanted to assassinate my morale, erase my name, and sully my legacy, said Hernandez, Honduras's president from 2014 to 2022. Their objective was clear: get me out of the way [and] eliminate the leader who defended law and order."
Juan Orlando Hernandez thanked God and Donald Trump for a pardon that followed a US federal drug‑trafficking conviction less than two years earlier. He posted a video on social media praising God for ending injustice and saying, "Thanks to you, Lord, today I'm a free man" and "I never lost the faith." He expressed profound gratitude to Trump for defending justice and pledging not to use state power against political opponents. A judge then blocked Justice Department prosecutors from accessing materials tied to an ally of James Comey. Hernandez claimed his prosecution was a corrupt conspiracy by the Biden administration and the "deep state" to erase his legacy.
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