Federal Clemency and Corruption Cases

President Trump issued a broad round of clemency grants that pardoned former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez Garced and her co‑defendants — banker Julio Martín Herrera‑Velutini and ex‑FBI agent Mark Rossini — who had pleaded guilty in a campaign‑finance case accusing them of funneling more than $300,000 to influence a banking regulator. The wave, which included roughly 13 pardons and 8 commutations and other controversial recipients such as Adriana Camberos and former Ontrak CEO Terren Peizer, prompted White House claims the prosecutions were “political” while critics note many grants were pushed by Trump allies and involved donors with multimillion‑dollar ties to pro‑Trump groups.