"In explaining his decision, Trump - who usually grants clemency to people based on their loyalty to him - claimed, without evidence, that Cuellar was targeted by the Biden administration over the right-wing Democrat's views on immigration, which are similar to Trump's views on the issue. At the time, some political observers speculated that the pardon was issued with hopes that Cuellar, who is running for reelection, would switch parties and become a Republican."
""Only a short time after signing the Pardon, Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that he will be 'running' for Congress again, in the Great State of Texas as a Democrat, continuing to work with the same Radical Left Scum that just weeks before wanted him and his wife to spend the rest of their lives in Prison," Trump wrote in his post."
Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, were indicted on charges relating to allegedly accepting $600,000 in payments from foreign sources, with a trial scheduled for spring. President Donald Trump granted both Cuellars a full presidential pardon days before the planned trial. Trump asserted, without evidence, that the Biden administration targeted Cuellar because of his right-wing Democratic views on immigration, similar to Trump's. Observers speculated the pardon aimed to encourage Cuellar to switch parties. Trump later criticized Cuellar on Truth Social for remaining a Democrat and cited a perceived lack of loyalty. Cuellar said he is a conservative Democrat who will work with the president.
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