Trump responds to the case of the former Honduran president, saying he may have been framed.

【Trump Comments on Pardoning Former Honduran President】

On January 3, 2026, Washington time, U.S. President Donald Trump responded to a question during an interview with Politico (Question: Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez helped drug traffickers safely transport hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States, why did you choose to pardon him?) as follows:

I don't know him and I know very little about him, but I was told that Hernandez was framed. This country, uh, drug trafficking, maybe every country could say that, because he was president, they sentenced him to about 45 years in prison.

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