- Donald Trump issued a full pardon to Stephen Buyer, a Republican and former Indiana congressman, who had served nearly two years in prison for illegal stock trades.
- Buyer was sentenced in 2023 to 22 months for insider trading related to the T-Mobile and Sprint merger and the acquisition of Navigant, and was ordered to forfeit over $350,000.
- Trump's pardon, described as "full, complete, and unconditional," cited Buyer’s "distinguished and highly productive" career as a judge advocate general and during his time in the House.
- Buyer maintains his innocence, asserting the pardon "corrects a politically motivated prosecution" and describing his imprisonment for a crime he did not commit as "horrific."
- More than 40 Republicans in Congress supported the pardon, claiming Buyer was "targeted by the deep state" due to his involvement in Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial.
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