Trump pardoning Puerto Rico's former governor Wanda Vázquez, sources say
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Key Points:
- President Trump plans to pardon Puerto Rico's former governor Wanda Vázquez Garced and her two co-defendants, Julio Martin Herrera-Velutini and Mark Rossini, who pleaded guilty in a federal public corruption case related to Vázquez's 2020 campaign.
- The trio was charged in 2022 with conspiracy, federal programs bribery, and honest services wire fraud, but the Justice Department cut a deal last year allowing them to plead guilty to lesser charges just before trial.
- Defense attorney Chris Kise, who previously represented Trump, helped negotiate the deal, arguing the case was politically motivated and part of alleged weaponization by the Biden administration.
- The Justice Department's Public Integrity Section, which prosecuted the case, has been largely dismant
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