President Donald Trump pardoned a former Virginia sheriff who was sentenced to 10 years in prison on federal bribery charges earlier this year. Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Monday that he would pardon former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins, who was sentenced in March for deputizing individuals in exchange for cash payments. “He will NOT be going to jail tomorrow, but instead will have a wonderful and productive life,” Trump wrote. Prosecutors said Jenkins accepted more than $75,000 in a “cash for badges” scheme in 2022. Two of the auxiliary deputy sheriffs that Jenkins accepted money from were undercover FBI agents, who testified they gave Jenkins envelopes with $5,000 and $10,000 cash, respectively. A jury convicted Jenkins in December 2024 on one count of conspiracy, four counts of honest services fraud and seven counts of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. Trump called the Department of Justice “corrupt” and blamed judges appointed by former President Joe Biden for weaponizing their authority over Jenkins’ case, in which he said they refused to accept Jenkins’ offer of “exculpatory evidence.” He added that Jenkins is “a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice, and doesn’t deserve to spend a single day in jail.” During his sentencing, Acting U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Lee said Jenkins “violated his oath of office and the faith the citizens of Culpeper County placed in him.” Scott MacFarlane, CBS News’ Justice correspondent, told WTOP that the president’s move was “not at all surprising.” “Scott Jenkins was a longtime, vocal supporter of President Trump, a fixture in terms of a campaign surrogate for Donald Trump in Virginia, and appeared at the White House during Trump’s first term,” he said. “(There was) no evidence of there being any misconduct or impropriety in the trial. But this pardon takes effect now.” Jenkins’ co-defendants also pleaded guilty for their role in the scheme.
The DOJ is very selective, everyone needs to be appreciated. Trump's just being appreciative. The Hoover building is haunted, send an exorcist to save Kash.
Republicans declare war on accountability. GOP declares war on GAO Republicans are undermining the Government Accountability Office, the century-old agency that roots out waste, fraud and abuse. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/gop-declares-war-on-gao-00369762
Just need to donate a million bucks to get a pardon. Trump pardoned man 1 month after mother attended $1M per person fundraiser https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5319932-trump-pardon-paul-walczak/ President Trump pardoned Paul Walczak, a man who had pleaded guilty to tax crimes, one month after his mother attended a major fundraiser for the president, according to a new report from The New York Times. The Times reports that a pardon application submitted around Trump’s inauguration cited efforts by Walczak’s mother, Elizabeth Fago, to support Trump and other Republicans — and contended that Fago’s political activity motivated Walczak’s criminal prosecution. Fago later attended a Mar-a-Lago fundraising dinner with a $1 million cost per person, according to the Times, and Walczak was pardoned less than three weeks later. The new report about the timing of Trump’s pardon comes amid scrutiny over his clemency moves since returning to the Oval Office, including his controversial pardoning of nearly all Jan. 6 defendants — roughly 1,500 people charged in connection with the 2021 Capitol attack — on his first day back in the White House. Walczak had pleaded guilty back in November, shortly after Trump’s election, to not paying employment taxes and not filing his individual income tax returns, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). He’d withheld nearly $7.5 million in taxes from workers at his health care companies but did not pay those over to the IRS, the DOJ said, among other issues. In early April, the Floridian was sentenced to 18 months in prison and two years of supervised release, and he was ordered to pay more than $4 million in restitution. His pardon spares him both from serving time and paying the fees. According to the Times, Fago had helped host at least three Trump campaign fundraisers and attended events at both of Trump’s inaugurations. She was also reportedly linked in Walczak’s pardon application to a push to publicize the diary of former President Biden’s daughter during the 2020 cycle. On top of the sweeping Jan. 6 pardons, Trump has pardoned more than three dozen other people in the first four months of his second term, compared with 80 pardons sent out by Biden across his four-year tenure. Trump has been critical of Biden’s eleventh-hour pardons for Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House panel that investigated Jan. 6 — moves that Biden said sought to protect the public servants from potential attacks by the Trump administration — and argued that Biden’s use of autopen invalidates them.
Anyone can show up, make a "donation" and get a pardon. Trump announces pardon for Todd and Julie Chrisley after reality TV stars' fraud, tax evasion convictions 'Chrisley Knows Best' stars are currently serving 12 and 7-year sentences for bank fraud and tax evasion https://www.foxnews.com/entertainme...eality-tv-stars-fraud-tax-evasion-convictions
Disgusting. I knew it was coming though https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...on-to-his-family-members.382814/#post-6081021 https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...on-to-his-family-members.382814/#post-6081029