Pardons in the Puerto Rico case followed $3.5 million in super-PAC donations from the banker's daughter; a watchdog alleges a straw-donor scheme
DOJ first reduced the felony charges to misdemeanors; the FEC complaint is an unadjudicated allegation.
Trump pardons former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez and co-defendants, officials say
CBS News · Secondary report
- Link
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardoning-puerto-rico-former-governor-wanda-vazquez-officials-say
- Publication date
- Not captured — January 2026; exact date not captured in the research pass.
- Accessed
- 2026-07-21
- Last verified
- 2026-07-21
- Type
- news_report
- Notes
- Carries the White House official's statement that the pardon materials assert there was never any element of a quid pro quo deal.