Dan Katz

Cuellar and his wife had been accused of taking about $600,000 in bribes from an oil and gas company tied to the Azerbaijan government and from a bank in Mexico City.

Last week, the president said he's pardoning the couple.

But in a post on Truth Social Sunday, Trump slammed the congressman for running again as a Democrat, accusing Cuellar of choosing to work with the same party that, quote, wanted him and his wife to spend the rest of their lives in prison, unquote.

Cuellar told Fox News Sunday he's praying for the president and the country to be successful.

The pardon came a day after a Republican candidate, Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina, announced his bid to challenge Cuellar in the South Texas district that just became more competitive due to the GOP's mid-cycle redistricting.

I'm Dan Katz in San Antonio.