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."

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.”

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.