President Trump Wednesday pardoned Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife who were accused in a $600,000 federal bribery case, saying the moderate border district lawmaker was a fellow victim of a “weaponized” justice system .

Trump called Cuellar “beloved” and “highly respected,” and said the Laredo lawmaker and his wife, Imelda, were targeted because he occasionally criticized former President Biden’s border security policies.

“Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over,” Trump wrote on his social media site.

Trump said he decided to act after the couple’s two grown daughters recently wrote him to plead for clemency , saying their father was only charged because he supports “securing the border from policies of the previo

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