President Donald Trump granted Cuellar clemency in a surprise move last week, saying the Texas Democrat was targeted for speaking out against some of President Joe Biden’s policies, including his immigration agenda.
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“Listen, the reality is this indictment was very thin to begin with, in my view,” Jeffries said. “The charges were eventually going to be dismissed, if not at the trial court level, by the Supreme Court, as they’ve repeatedly done in instances just like this.”



Establishment Democrats have protected this shitbag from a progressive primary challenger in 2020 and 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cuellar#2020
THEY GAVE HIM BACK HIS COMMITTEE CHAIR
Fucking imagine putting a convicted criminal on House Appropriations while chanting “Rules Based International Order” to yourselves. I wonder how many Azerbaijani checks got cashed to make that happen.