TRUMP ISSUES PARDON TO FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN BUYER AFTER INSIDER TRADING CONVICTION. (PHOTO).
Trump issues pardon to former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer after insider trading conviction President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer, who served nearly two years in prison after being convicted of insider trading tied to post-congressional consulting work. Buyer was sentenced in 2023 to 22 months in prison for illegal stock trades made while working as a consultant and lobbyist. He was ordered to forfeit more than $350,000 in ill-gotten gains and pay a $10,000 fine. He was released from custody in 2025 after his conviction was upheld, with the Supreme Court declining to take up his appeal earlier this year. In issuing the pardon, Trump described Buyer’s service as a judge advocate general in the U.S. Army and his time in Congress as “distinguished and highly productive.” The pardon, dated Thursday and released by the White House on Friday, grants Buyer “a full, complete, and unconditional pardon.” Buyer has maint...
According to sources,Somalia's parliamentary speaker has withdrawn an impeachment motion brought against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud the latest crisis to threaten the country's stability as it struggles to rebound from two decades of chaos and war.Somalia lawmakers last month filed the motion against Mohamud,accusing him of abuse of office and betraying the country.Mohamud has said he is committed to holding elections before his term runs out in August 2016.''We have dropped the motion against the president parliament speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari said late yesterday friday,adding that he had convened a meeting on October 7 to try to resolve the issues raised in the motion.Jawary said he made his decision because the majority of parliament's 275 lawmakers wanted the motion resolved through dialogue.''This also came after considering the political security and economic situation of the country and the short period available''.But Mohamed Abdullahi Fadhaye,one of the 93 lawmakers who supported the impeachment motion,rejected the speaker's decision.
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