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Trump Considers Pardon for Puerto Rican Leader
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- President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced.
- Vázquez Garced endorsed Trump in 2020 and later faced criminal charges, eventually pleading guilty to a related offense.
- White House officials emphasized there was no exchange of policy for money in the case.
President Trump intends to grant clemency to Wanda Vázquez Garced, former governor of Puerto Rico.
This decision follows her endorsement of Trump during his presidential campaign in 2020 and subsequent legal challenges.
White House officials clarified she discussed policy with a potential donor but did not engage in a quid pro quo.
“They have to go to vote, exercise their right to vote and evaluate who has represented being a person who thinks about Puerto Ricans and their needs at the most difficult moment. It is Donald Trump,” she said at the time.
Vázquez Garced concluded her term in 2021 after addressing both the pandemic and scandals, leaving her future in politics open.
Stay engaged with these developments as political dynamics shift in Puerto Rico and Washington.
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