Trump to pardon former Puerto Rico governor Vazquez, CBS News reports


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  • Saturday, 17 Jan 2026

People watch television at a bar as Puerto Rico's Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced makes an address regarding the debt restructuring proposal filed in court by an oversight board, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

Jan ‌16 (Reuters) - U.S. ‌President Donald ‌Trump is issuing a ‍pardon to ‍Puerto Rico's ‌former Governor Wanda ‍Vazquez ​Garced, ⁠who was previously indicted ‌in a ⁠federal ‍corruption case, ‍CBS News reported ‌on Friday, citing multiple sources.

(Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones ‌and Bhargav Acharya in ​Toronto; Editing by Caitlin Webber)

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