Trump Issues Pardon For Former Virginia Sheriff Convicted in 'Cash-For-Badges' Bribery Scheme

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Trump says he’ll pardon ex-sheriff who was found guilty of accepting over $75,000 in bribes

President Trump said he'll issue a "FULL and Unconditional Pardon" to a former Virginia sheriff whom a jury convicted of federal fraud and bribery charges. The big picture: Scott Howard Jenkins, of Culpeper, Virginia, was due to report to jail on Tuesday, but Trump said on Truth Social he "will NOT be going to jail tomorrow" and said the former Culpeper County sheriff was "a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice." Details: A jury found Jenkins guilty of "accepting over $75,000 in bribes in exchange for appointing numerous Northern Virginia businessmen as auxiliary deputy sheriffs within his department," per a March Justice Department statement. Acting U.S. Attorney Zachary Lee in a statement at the time accused Jenkins of violating his oath of office by engaging in a "cash-for-badges scheme."

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Trump says he's pardoning a Virginia sheriff convicted on bribery charges

President Donald Trump said Monday that he is pardoning a former Virginia sheriff who was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a jury convicted him on federal bribery charges for deputizing several businessmen in exchange for cash payments. Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins, 53, was found guilty on fraud and bribery charges and sentenced in March. But on Monday, Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social that Jenkins and his family “have been dragged through HELL by a Corrupt and Weaponized Biden DOJ.” “This Sheriff is a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice, and doesn’t deserve to spend a single day in jail. He is a wonderful person, who was persecuted by the Radical Left “monsters,” and “left for dead,” Trump said in the post. “He will NOT be going to jail tomorrow, but instead will have a wonderful and productive life.”

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Trump pardons Scott Jenkins, former Virginia sheriff convicted of bribery

President Donald Trump issued a full pardon on Monday to Scott Jenkins, a former Virginia sheriff who had been convicted of bribery. Jenkins, the former sheriff of Culpeper County in Northern Virginia, was convicted in December on charges related to his acceptance of more than $75,000 in bribes in exchange for auxiliary deputy sheriff appointments. He was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison in March and was set to report to prison on Tuesday. “Sheriff Scott Jenkins, his wife Patricia, and their family have been dragged through HELL by a Corrupt and Weaponized Biden DOJ,” Trump said in a Monday post on his Truth Social platform. “He will NOT be going to jail tomorrow, but instead will have a wonderful and productive life.” Jenkins was convicted on one count of conspiracy, four counts of honest services mail and wire fraud, and seven counts of bribery concerning programs receiving public funds.

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Trump Pardons Virginia Sheriff Convicted of Selling Law Enforcement Badges for Cash

Scott Jenkins was due to report to prison Tuesday to serve a 10-year sentence.

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Trump grants ‘FULL and Unconditional’ pardon to ex-Virginia sheriff convicted of taking $75K in bribes in ‘cash-for-badges’ scheme

Scott Jenkins, who had been the sheriff of Culpeper County, Va., was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison in March. Jenkins was convicted on corruption charges related to a scheme that saw him appoint local businessmen as auxiliary deputy sheriffs in exchange for over $75,000 in bribes.

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Trump pardons former Culpeper Co. sheriff sentenced to 10 years in cash-for-badges scheme - WTOP News

President Donald Trump pardoned a former Virginia sheriff sentenced to 10 years on federal bribery charges.

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Trump pardons former Culpeper County sheriff found guilty in bribes for badges scheme

A jury found Jenkins guilty back in December in a bribes for badges scheme. A judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison. Just hours before he was due to report to federal prison, President Donald Trump said he is pardoning him. Jenkins said he was targeted for his outspoken support of the Second Amendment.

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Trump pardons former Virginia sheriff convicted of fraud and bribery

Scott Jenkins was found guilty of accepting over $75,000 in exchange for appointing auxiliary deputy sheriffs

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Trump says he's pardoning Scott Jenkins, a sheriff convicted of taking $75,000 in bribes

Scott Jenkins was convicted of taking $75,000 in bribes from businessmen. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison in March. President Trump says he's pardoning Jenkins, calling him a victim of an "overzealous" DOJ. "He will NOT be going to jail tomorrow," Mr. Trump says.

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President Donald Trump pardons former Virginia sheriff Scott Jenkins convicted of fraud and bribery

Trump pardons former sheriff convicted of bribery. Scott Jenkins was sentenced in March to 10 years in prison. He was set to report to jail on Tuesday, but due to Trump's pardon, he will not spend a single day behind bars. Trump said Jenkins was the "victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice"

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Trump finds yet another corrupt ally to reward with a pardon, adding to scandalous list

Former Culpeper County, Virginia, sheriff Scott Jenkins was convicted of federal bribery and fraud charges in December. Jenkins accepted over $75,000 in bribes in exchange for deputy badges for wealthy local businessmen, who would use their status to get out of traffic tickets or carry concealed firearms. Trump said Jenkins was a victim of the ‘Biden Department of Justice, and doesn’t deserve to spend a single day in jail.

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Trump pardons former sheriff convicted of bribery

Sheriff Scott Jenkins was convicted for accepting more than $75,000 in bribes.

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Trump pardons former Virginia sheriff convicted of taking $75K in bribes

Scott Howard Jenkins was convicted last year of taking more than $75,000 in bribes. He was sentenced in March to 10 years in prison. Trump said Jenkins, 53, was supposed to report to jail Tuesday but "instead will have a wonderful and productive life" He said the former sheriff and his wife have been "dragged through HELL by a Corrupt and Weaponized Biden" Justice Department.

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Bob Menendez Does Not Deserve a Pardon

Bob Menendez, the disgraced former senator from New Jersey, posted on X Friday, "It was the Democrats who started weaponizing the Justice Dept." The timing of that message was interesting. Menendez is scheduled to report to federal prison on June 17, after a jury convicted him of accepting almost $1 million in bribes.

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