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...
A statement from the Federal Ministry of Finance signed by Mr Marshall Gundu,Director,Press of the ministry said the Minister of Finance Mrs Kemi Adeosun has confirmed the payment to the oil marketers.Adeosun noted that President Muhammadu Buhari had directed that the payments should be ''Made immediately in order to bring to a quick end the lingering fuel crisis which has caused great suffering to Nigerian families and business''.The minister of finance also said that ''Despite dwindling revenues,the government is committed to ensuring continuous availability of fuel to Nigerians''.The wednesday payments to oil marketers she said ''Include arresrs from the 2014 financial year as well as payments for the current year''.
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