White House defends pardon of ex-Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking

Photo credit: (Left) Official 2025 inaugural portrait of Donald Trump by Daniel Torok via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Photo credit: (Right) Juan Orlando Hernández while President of Honduras 2014 – 2012 by Kilzel via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. Article by Faith Wardwell. Politico – December 1, 2025.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s pardon of former Honduran president and convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández, arguing his conviction was instead the result of a politicized trial last year. During a White House press briefing, Leavitt justified the administration’s lifeline to Hernández, arguing the two-term president’s charges had been mired by a corrupt “over-prosecution” under former President Joe Biden’s administration. […]

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