US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was granting a full and unconditional pardon to Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife Imelda who were charged with bribery Last year Cuellar and his wife were indicted for allegedly accepting close to 600000 in bribes in two schemes meant to benefit an Azerbaijani state-owned energy company and an unnamed bank based in Mexico He has maintained his innocence and that of his wife With a pardon from the Republican president resolving his legal problems Cuellar is seeking a 12th two-year term with his Democratic Party throwing its full support behind him In thanking Trump on social media Cuellar also said This pardon gives us a clean slate The noise is gone The work remains And I intend to meet it head on
