Source: USA Today
“President Donald Trump pardoned a former Virginia sheriff convicted of bribery in what prosecutors called a ‘cash-for-badges scheme,’ preventing him from starting his 10-year prison sentence on May 27. Former Culpepper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins was convicted in December for accepting at least $75,000 in bribes in exchange for appointing Northern Virginia business executives as auxiliary deputies. … Trump said on social media May 26 that Jenkins was the victim of an ‘overzealous Biden Justice Department’ and a judge appointed by former President Joe Biden, U.S. District Judge Robert Ballou.” (05/27/25)