Joseph Schwartz, the disgraced nursing home mogul charged in a multi-million-dollar tax fraud involving his troubled New Jersey-based empire, has been granted a full pardon by President Trump after serving just three months of a three-year sentence.

The president gave no explanation for his action.

But Schwartz’s attorney, Kevin Marino, called the pardon “well deserved in the circumstances of this case,” adding that they were “extremely pleased that Rabbi Schwartz has been returned to his loving family and his devoted congregation.”

Philip R. Sellinger, the former U.S. Attorney for New Jersey whose office prosecuted the case, declined comment.

Nursing home advocates, though, expressed outrage.

“This pardon is concerning on many levels,” said Laurie Facciarossa Brewer, New Jersey’s L

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