Donald Trump granted clemency to Henry Cuellar, Imelda Cuellar, and Timothy Joseph Leiweke, ending a federal prosecution alleging bribery and money laundering linked to an Azerbaijani oil and gas company and a Mexican bank.Trump called the prosecution politically motivated and said the pardon gives Cuellar a fresh start as he seeks re-election as a Democrat, with support from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee despite ongoing House Ethics Committee and DOJ investigations.Timothy Joseph Leiweke's clemency was related to a separate bidding fraud scheme, with Trump using broad pardon powers as House Democratic Leader
Hakeem Jeffries expressed concern about the decision's political impact.