President Donald Trump has pardoned former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced, who was charged with bribery in 2022, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Vázquez Garced was arrested in August 2022 on allegations that she engaged in a bribery scheme from December 2019 to June 2020 while serving as governor to finance her reelection campaign.
The former governor pleaded guilty last year to accepting a donation from a foreign national for her 2020 campaign.
Trump granted Vázquez Garced a “full and unconditional pardon” on Jan. 15, a DOJ document shows. The president also pardoned two of her co-defendants, Venezuelan banker Julio Martin Herrera Velutini and consultant Mark Rossini, of their criminal charges, according to the list of clemency grants….
Trump Pardons Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced
