James Jones

An appeals court rejected Boer's claim that he was wrongfully convicted, and the Supreme Court failed to take up his case.

Trump has pardoned 13 current or former members of Congress over his two terms, and he continues to claim that previous Democratic administrations used Department of Justice prosecutions to punish political enemies.

In a statement to the Associated Press, Boer says the pardon, quote, corrects a politically motivated prosecution.

James Jones, NPR News.