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Trump says he's pardoning Scott Jenkins, a sheriff convicted of taking $75,000 in bribes
President Trump said Monday he is pardoning Scott Jenkins, a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted of making several businessmen sworn law enforcement officers in exchange for cash bribes.

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Who is Scott Jenkins? Donald Trump gives former Virginia sheriff a lifeline
Trump pardons former sheriff convicted on bribery charges in ‘cash for badges’ scheme
Trump issues series of pardons for politicians, a union leader and a rapper
President Donald Trump issued a series of pardons on Wednesday, awarding them to a former New York congressman, a Connecticut governor, a rapper known as “NBA YoungBoy,” a labor union leader and a one...

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Trump issues slew of pardons, including to former New York congressman Michael Grimm
From tax cheat to reality TV stars: How Trump is using pardon powers like never before
To Win Pardons, Trump Allies Echo His Claims of Political Prosecutions
The president has focused on rewarding allies and supporters who make arguments that echo his own claims that he was prosecuted by a Justice Department that was weaponized for political ends by the ad...

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MAGA erupts over latest ‘corrupt’ blow to Trump
Former Connecticut governor, who resigned amid corruption scandal, pardoned by Trump
Who is Scott Jenkins? What to know about the ex-sheriff in Virginia Trump pardoned
President Trump granted another pardon on Monday for a former official he claimed was the victim of a “weaponized” Justice Department (DOJ) during the Biden administration, granting clemency to former Sheriff Scott Jenkins.
Trump's pardons highlight Justice Department's pullback from public corruption cases
When Jenkins was sentenced to 10 years in prison in March, the acting U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia said he "violated his oath of office and the faith the citizens of Culpeper County placed in him when he engaged in a cash-for-badges scheme.
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Trump Pardons Corrupt MAGA Sheriff, Donor’s Tax-Cheat Son
Juries convicted Scott Jenkins of bribery and Paul Walczak of tax crimes. Trump claims they’re merely fellow victims of the “weaponized Biden DOJ.”
Ex-U.S. attorney says he fears Culpeper pardon by Trump sends ‘get-out-of-jail-free' message
Former Culpeper County, Virginia, sheriff Scott Jenkins was expected in federal prison on Tuesday but will no longer head there, after a Memorial Day pardon by President Donald Trump. A jury convicted Jenkins in December in a yearslong bribes-for-badges scheme the News4 I-Team has covered extensively.
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