‘Lack of loyalty’: Donald Trump hits out at Henry Cuellar after Democrat he pardoned announces re-election bid
Cuellar, a Conservative Democrat who has been serving as the representative for Texas's 28th congressional district since 2005, was indicted in 2024 on charges including money laundering and bribery.
December 7, 2025 09:46 PM IST
First published on: Dec 7, 2025 at 09:46 PM IST
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FILE - Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, speaks during a hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
US President Donald Trump on Sunday launched a stinging attack on Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar, days after he issued a presidential pardon to the representative and his wife.
“Only a short time after signing the Pardon, Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that he will be “running” for Congress again, in the Great State of Texas (a State where I received the highest number of votes ever recorded!), as a Democrat,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
US Rep. Henry Cuellar poses for a photo in Laredo, Texas, October 9, 2019. (Photo: REUTERS/Veronica Cardenas)
‘Lack of loyalty’
Trump also accused Cuellar of continuing to work “with the same Radical Left Scum that just weeks before wanted him and his wife to spend the rest of their lives in prison”.
According to Trump, Cuellar’s actions showed a lack of loyalty, “something that Texas Voters, and Henry’s daughters, will not like.”
“Oh’ well, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy,” Trump said.
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Charges against Cuellar and wife
Cuellar, a Conservative Democrat who has been serving as the representative for Texas’s 28th congressional district since 2005, was indicted in 2024 on charges including money laundering and bribery. If convicted, Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, were facing a maximum potential sentence of up to 204 years in prison.
However, last week, Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon to Cuellar and his wife, effectively ending the case before it went to trial, which was scheduled to begin in April 2026.
US Rep. Henry Cuellar gives an interview in Laredo, Texas. (Photo: REUTERS/Veronica Cardenas)
Trump accused Biden of targeting Cuellar
While issuing the pardons, Trump had accused Joe Biden of using the FBI and DOJ to target one of his own partyman.
“Sleepy Joe went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman’s wonderful wife, Imelda, simply for speaking the TRUTH. It is unAmerican and, as I previously stated, the Radical Left Democrats are a complete and total threat to Democracy,” Trump said in a post on his social media platform.
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FILE - Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, speaks during a hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) 
