Hakeem Jeffries Praises Trump’s Pardon of ‘Beloved’ Democrat: ‘Exactly the Right Outcome’

Zachary Leeman Dec 3rd, 2025, 12:15 pm

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) found a rare point of agreement with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, backing the president’s pardon of “beloved” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX).

Jeffries joined Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown on CNN’s The Situation Room shortly after Trump announced the pardon on Truth Social.

“One of the clearest examples of this was when Crooked Joe used the FBI and DOJ to “take out” a member of his own Party after Highly Respected Congressman Henry Cuellar bravely spoke out against Open Borders, and the Biden Border ‘Catastrophe,'” Trump wrote .

Cuellar was indicted in March 2024 for allegedly accepting hund

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