New York Mets icon Darryl Strawberry has officially received a full presidential pardon from Donald Trump, who will attend an NFL game. The former Mets star was pardoned for his 1995 federal tax evasion conviction and drug charges. It was nearly 30 years after his legal troubles first began.

Darryl Strawberry confirmed the news on Friday via Instagram. He thanked the USA President for the pardon and for allowing him to be “clean from all of the past.”

“Thank you, President @realdonaldtrump for my full pardon and for finalizing this part of my life, allowing me to be truly free and clean from all of my past,” the former Mets’ star wrote.

According to a White House official, Trump approved the pardon because Darryl Strawberry had already served time. He repaid his taxes and demonstrated a

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