Cuellar was charged last year with bribery, money laundering and conspiracy. His wife, Imelda, also will receive a pardon, according to Trump.

A defense lawyer has cited President Donald Trump's recent pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández as she asked a judge who once presided over a civil case against Trump to treat her client lightly for his drug

Even past examples of blanket pardons, such as Andrew Johnson’s sweeping clemency after the Civil War, Jimmy Carter’s pardon for Vietnam-era draft dodgers and Joe Biden’s pa