President Donald Trump’s latest head-scratching pardon has the approval of one of his fiercest critics.

Trump, 79, announced Wednesday he was pardoning Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, ahead of them going to trial on bribery, money laundering, and conspiracy charges.

The unlikely pardon of a Democratic lawmaker was announced just before House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on CNN. Asked live on air for his opinion on the pardon, the New York Democrat said he was pleased with the outcome.

“Listen, the reality is this indictment was very thin to begin with, in my view,” Jeffries said. “The charges were eventually going to be dismissed, if not at the trial court level, by the Supreme Court, as they’ve repeatedly done in instances just like this.”

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