Trump Grants Clemency to a Dozen Current and Former Lawmakers Convicted of Corruption

On the same day as the Cuellar pardon, Trump extended clemency to roughly 12 current and former members of Congress convicted of corruption-related offenses — a mix of Republicans and Democrats including Michael Grimm (tax fraud), Steve Stockman (charitable donation fraud), Michele Fiore (fraud), and former Tennessee officials Glen Casada and others. The batch set a modern record for presidential interference in congressional corruption cases, with critics calling it systematic erosion of anti-corruption enforcement.