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Trump pardons former US Congress member accused of insider trading

Republican Stephen Buyer was convicted and sentenced to 22 months in prison, though he has maintained his innocence. Donald Trump pardoned Stephen Buyer of Indiana, who served nearly two years in prison after convictionAs his administration promotes what it calls a crackdown on fraud in states run by Democrats, Donald Trump once again used the pardon power to excuse financial crimes committed by a Republican, granting a pardon this week to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two years in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information after he left o...
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  • Republican Stephen Buyer was convicted and sentenced to 22 months in prison, though he has maintained his innocence. United States President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two y... S1
  • Donald Trump pardoned Stephen Buyer of Indiana, who served nearly two years in prison after convictionAs his administration promotes what it calls a crackdown on fraud in states run by Democrats, Donald Trump once again used the pardon power to excuse financia... S2
  • President Donald Trump pardoned former GOP Congressman Stephen Buyer of Indiana, who was convicted of insider trading in 2023 and sentenced to 22 months in prison.  S3
  • Stephen Buyer, a former Republican representative from Indiana, was convicted of trading stock related to two deals before they were made public. S4
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