Schumer Criticizes Trump’s Pardon of Former Honduran Leader
"I want to begin with a truly disgusting and alarming piece of news the American people got this morning. This morning, the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, was released from prison after Donald Trump gave him a pardon," Schumer stated during his address on the Senate floor.
Hernandez, who held the presidency from 2014 to 2022, had been sentenced in June 2024 to 45 years in prison in the US on charges of drug trafficking.
Schumer emphasized the severity of Trump’s action, noting, "We all know Trump does a lot of hypocritical things — almost every day there is hypocrisy oozing from the White House — but pardoning one of the world's biggest drug traffickers is egregious, shameful and dangerous, even for Donald Trump. It would be bad enough on its own for Donald Trump to pardon this horrible drug trafficker."
He further criticized the inconsistency of the president's actions, pointing out that Trump pardoned a person convicted of "helping move 400 tons of cocaine" into the United States, while the president simultaneously "blows up alleged drug boats to prevent drugs from getting to America."
Schumer concluded his remarks by highlighting the contradiction, saying, "You can’t have it both ways, Mr. President: You can’t talk a big game about hunting down drug traffickers and getting drugs off our streets and then turn around and free a dangerous, convicted drug lord."
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