WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, who was awaiting trial on charges that he and his wife had taken roughly $600,000 worth of bribes from an Azerbaijani oil company and a Mexican bank.

The indictment against Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, filed last year in Houston, centered on accusations of bribery and money laundering. Despite Cuellar’s political affiliation, Trump has expressed public support for him, citing his willingness to speak out against Biden-era border policies.

“Sleepy Joe went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman’s wonderful wife, Imelda, simply for speaking the TRUTH,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, blaming the case on what he described as a weaponized Justice Department under the Biden admin

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