Trump Pardons Indicted Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar

President Donald Trump pardoned Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, who were indicted by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) in May 2024 on charges related to allegedly accepting more than half a million dollars in bribes.

Trump announced the news in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, arguing the couple were a victim of weaponization by the Biden FBI. Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, were set to face trial in April 2026.

“For years, the Biden Administration weaponized the Justice System against their Political Opponents, and anyone who disagreed with them,” Trump wrote. “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,” Trump continued.

Federal prosecutors alleged Cuellar and his wife received $600,000 in a bribery scheme between 2014 and 2021 involving the government of Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank in exchange for advancing Azerbaijani interests in the House of Representatives.

The couple have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and Cuellar refused to resign from his post, which he has held since 2005.