{"id":966,"date":"2026-07-03T20:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=966"},"modified":"2026-07-03T20:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:12:11","slug":"trump-announces-pardons-for-pollution-violators-prosecuted-for-fixing-their-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=966","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces pardons for pollution violators prosecuted for &#8220;fixing their car&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>President Trump on Friday announced pardons for six people whom he said had been wrongfully prosecuted for &#8220;fixing their car&#8221; in what he called an act of &#8220;weaponization and stupidity&#8221; by federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/professionalmoversusa.com\/?p=964\">Trump gifted a lavishly encrusted ring from Belgian diamond group that won tariff relief<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I AM SETTING THEM ALL FREE, RIGHT NOW!,&#8221; Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately provide a list of the names of the six defendants pardoned. 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