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

President Donald Trump connected Monday announced that helium volition pardon a erstwhile Virginia sheriff convicted of taking much than $75,000 successful bribes successful speech for appointing businessmen arsenic auxiliary lawman sheriffs wrong his department. 

In a Truth Social post, Trump said Scott Howard Jenkins, 53, of Culpeper, Virginia, was expected to study to jailhouse Tuesday but "instead volition person a fantastic and productive life."

Jenkins, the erstwhile sheriff of Culpeper County, was convicted past twelvemonth of 1 number of conspiracy, 4 counts of honorable services fraud, and 7 counts of bribery concerning programs receiving national funds. He was sentenced successful March to 10 years successful prison.

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Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins speaks during a weapon rights rally successful Richmond, Va. Jenkins has been granted a pardon by President Donald Trump aft helium was sentenced to 10 years successful situation for taking much than $75,000 successful bribes.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

In his post, Trump said the erstwhile sheriff and his woman person been "dragged done HELL by a Corrupt and Weaponized Biden" Justice Department.

"In fact, during his trial, erstwhile Sheriff Jenkins tried to connection exculpatory grounds to enactment himself, the Biden Judge, Robert Ballou, refused to let it, unopen him down, and past went connected a tirade," Trump wrote. "As we person seen, successful Federal, City, and State Courts, Radical Left oregon Liberal Judges let into grounds what they consciousness like, not what is mandated nether the Constitution and Rules of Evidence."

"This Sheriff is simply a unfortunate of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice, and doesn’t merit to walk a azygous time successful jail," helium added. "He is simply a fantastic person, who was persecuted by the Radical Left ‘monsters,’ and ‘left for dead.’ This is wherefore I, arsenic President of the United States, spot acceptable to extremity his unfair sentence, and assistance Sheriff Jenkins a FULL and Unconditional Pardon."

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President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a Cabinet gathering astatine the White House connected March 24. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Federal prosecutors alleged Jenkins accepted currency bribes and bribes successful the signifier of run contributions from co-defendants Rick Rahim, Fredric Gumbinner and James Metcalf, arsenic good arsenic astatine slightest 5 others, including 2 FBI undercover agents.

In exchange, Jenkins appointed the radical paying the bribes arsenic auxiliary lawman sheriffs, a sworn law-enforcement position, and issued them authoritative Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office badges and credentials, authorities said.

None of the payers were trained oregon vetted and did not render immoderate morganatic services to the sheriff’s office, prosecutors said. 

The entranceway to the Sheriff's Office successful Culpeper, Va. (Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images)

In April, Jenkins said helium hoped that Trump would intervene successful his case. 

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"I genuinely judge if I could get an hr of clip with idiosyncratic successful the medication and laic retired immoderate facts with my lawyer and I truly judge if they could perceive the different broadside which I couldn’t get successful beforehand of the assemblage — I judge wholeheartedly successful the president," helium said during a webinar hosted by the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association. "I judge if helium heard the information, I cognize helium would assistance if helium knew my story."