"After all, Trump had just forced the Texas legislature to conduct a mid-decade gerrymander of U.S. House seats in order to boost the GOP's hopes of hanging onto the chamber in the 2026 midterms. Yet here was Trump taking away one of their main talking points (Cuellar's 2024 federal indictment for allegedly working with his wife on a long-term scheme to take bribes from the government of Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank) against one of their main 2026 targets."
"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 "take out" a member of his own Party after Highly Respected Congressman Henry Cuellar bravely spoke out against Open Borders, and the Biden Border "Catastrophe." Sleepy Joe went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman's wonderful wife, Imelda, simply for speaking the TRUTH."
Donald Trump pardoned indicted Texas Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife after receiving a letter from their daughters. The indictment alleged a long-term scheme in which Cuellar and his wife took bribes from the government of Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank. The pardon surprised and annoyed Texas Republicans, who had forced a mid-decade gerrymander to boost GOP prospects in the 2026 House midterms and who had used the indictment as a campaign talking point. Trump framed the pardon as a response to "lawfare" by the Biden Justice Department on Truth Social. Cuellar thanked Trump and promptly filed for reelection.
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