President Trump on Monday issued a full and unconditional pardon to a Virginia Sheriff whom Joe Biden’s corrupt Justice Department targeted.
Former Culpeper, Virginia, Sheriff Scott Jenkins was sentenced to 10 years on federal charges in March and was ordered to report to federal prison tomorrow – but Trump intervened just in time.
Last December, Culpeper, 53, was convicted by a jury on one count of conspiracy, four counts of honest services fraud, and seven counts of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds.
The court documents allege Jenkins “accepted cash bribes and bribes in the form of campaign contributions from co-defendants Rick Rahim, Fredric Gumbinner, and James Metcalf, as well as at least five others, including two FBI undercover agents.”
“In return for the bribes, Jenkins appointed each of the bribe payors as auxiliary deputy sheriffs, a sworn law-enforcement position, and issued them official Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office badges and credentials. The bribe payors were not trained or vetted and did not render any legitimate services to the Sheriff’s Office or the citizens of Culpeper County,” the Justice Department said.
President Trump said Scott Jenkins and his wife Patricia have been “dragged through HELL” by Biden’s corrupt DOJ.
A corrupt Biden judge refused to allow Scott Jenkins to offer exculpatory evidence to support himself.
“Sheriff Scott Jenkins, his wife Patricia, and their family have been dragged through HELL by a Corrupt and Weaponized Biden DOJ. In fact, during his trial, when Sheriff Jenkins tried to offer exculpatory evidence to support himself, the Biden Judge, Robert Ballou, refused to allow it, shut him down, and then went on a tirade. As we have seen, in Federal, City, and State Courts, Radical Left or Liberal Judges allow into evidence what they feel like, not what is mandated under the Constitution and Rules of Evidence. 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.” This is why I, as President of the United States, see fit to end his unfair sentence, and grant Sheriff Jenkins a FULL and Unconditional Pardon. He will NOT be going to jail tomorrow, but instead will have a wonderful and productive life,” Trump said on Truth Social on Monday.
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