Trump to Pardon Sheriff Found Guilty of ‘Cash-for-Badges’ Scheme

President Donald Trump said he would be pardoning a former Virginia sheriff facing a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted of bribery and fraud charges.

Scott Jenkins and his family “have been dragged through HELL by a Corrupt and Weaponized Biden DOJ,” Trump said in a post on social media.

“He is a wonderful person, who was persecuted by the Radical Left ‘monsters,’ and ‘left for dead,’” Trump added. “This is why I, as President of the United States, see fit to end his unfair sentence, and grant Sheriff Jenkins a FULL and Unconditional Pardon. He will NOT be going ...