Trump issued a pardon to Buyer, a former Republican congressman who served prison time for making illegal stock trades.

President Donald Trump pardoned former Indiana Republican Congressman Steve Buyer, who was convicted in 2023 of insider trading.

President Donald Trump grants full pardon to former Rep. Stephen Buyer, absolving his 2023 insider trading conviction that prompted a 22-month prison sentence.

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has pardoned former U.S. Representative Stephen Buyer, an Indiana Republican, who was convicted of securities fraud for engaging in insider trading in 2018 as a T-Mobile US consultant ahead of a $23 billion merger with Sprint.

President Trump granted a pardon this week to a former Republican lawmaker who was convicted of insider trading for using nonpublic information to buy stocks after leaving office, according to the White House.

Mr. Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year prison sentence for fraud related to the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX.

Rep. Jamie Raskin launched a blistering attack on ICE during a heated congressional hearing, accusing the agency of fatally shooting American citizens “without any rational justification at all.” The Maryland Democrat argued that federal immigration authorities had exceeded their mandate and demanded accountability for controversial enforcement actions that have drawn national scrutiny.

EXCLUSIVE — Two Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officers pardoned by President Donald Trump after being convicted in a fatal 2020 police pursuit have sued the United States, alleging the Justice Department under former President Joe Biden maliciously prosecuted them to satisfy political demands during a period of intense anti-police unrest.