弗吉尼亚州库尔佩珀县的警长斯科特·詹金斯将于周二前往监狱报到。
“治安官Scott Jenkins、他的妻子Patricia和他们的家人被腐败和武器化的拜登DOJ拖进了地狱，”Trump在Truth Social的一份声明中写道。“事实上，在他的审判中，当警长詹金斯试图提供无罪证据来支持自己时，拜登法官罗伯特·巴卢(Robert Ballou)拒绝允许，阻止了他，然后发表了长篇大论。”
“正如我们所看到的，在联邦、城市和州法院，激进的左翼或自由派法官允许他们感觉如何的证据，而不是宪法和证据规则规定的证据，”他补充说。“这位警长是过度热心的拜登司法部的受害者，他不应该在监狱里呆一天。”
詹金斯在2024年底面临陪审团审判，但直到2025年3月特朗普政府才被判刑。在此案中，代表美国政府以及特朗普政府的美国代理检察官扎卡里·t·李(Zachary T. Lee)仍在担任弗吉尼亚州西区的代理美国检察官。
特朗普称赞詹金斯是“一个了不起的人，他受到激进左翼‘怪物’的迫害，被‘留在那里等死’。”这就是为什么我，作为美国总统，决定结束对他的不公正判决，并给予治安官詹金斯完全无条件的赦免。他明天不会进监狱，相反，他会有一个美好而有意义的人生。"
詹金斯于2024年12月被陪审团定罪，罪名包括一项阴谋罪、四项诚实服务欺诈罪和七项涉及联邦资助项目的贿赂罪。
李在3月的判决备忘录中写道，詹金斯一再违反公众的信任，“利用他的官方权力谋取私利。”
“被捕后，他试图操纵司法程序，并通过向法庭和陪审团撒谎来逃避对自己罪行的责任，”李补充道。
“总而言之，詹金斯在本案中的谎言和滥用职权并不是一种失常，”他说自从他早年在执法部门工作以来，詹金斯对他的道德和法律责任表现出了令人震惊的漠视。"
司法部已经在一份新闻稿中说今年3月，他收到了超过75，000美元的现金支付，因为他“任命了许多北弗吉尼亚商人担任他部门的助理副警长。”
“斯科特·詹金斯在参与现金换徽章计划时，违背了他的就职誓言和库尔佩珀县公民对他的信任，”李当时说。
“我们对我们选出的执法官员有更高的行为标准，这个案件证明，当这些官员利用他们的权力谋取不正当的个人利益时，司法部将追究他们的责任，”他补充说。
Trump pardons Virginia sheriff convicted of federal bribery charges
President Donald Trump on Monday granted an unconditional pardon to a Virginia sheriff who had been convicted of federal bribery charges and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
Scott Jenkins, who had been the sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, was set to report to jail on Tuesday.
"Sheriff Scott Jenkins, his wife Patricia, and their family have been dragged through HELL by a Corrupt and Weaponized Biden DOJ," Trump wrote in a statement on Truth Social. "In fact, during his trial, when Sheriff Jenkins tried to offer exculpatory evidence to support himself, the Biden Judge, Robert Ballou, refused to allow it, shut him down, and then went on a tirade."
"As we have seen, in Federal, City, and State Courts, Radical Left or Liberal Judges allow into evidence what they feel like, not what is mandated under the Constitution and Rules of Evidence," he added. "This Sheriff is a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice, and doesn't deserve to spend a single day in jail."
Jenkins faced a jury trial in late 2024 but wasn't sentenced until March 2025 under the Trump administration. Acting U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Lee, who represented the U.S. government, and therefore the Trump administration, in the case, is still serving as the acting U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia.
Trump praised Jenkins as "a wonderful person, who was persecuted by the Radical Left 'monsters,' and 'left for dead.' This is why I, as President of the United States, see fit to end his unfair sentence, and grant Sheriff Jenkins a FULL and Unconditional Pardon. He will NOT be going to jail tomorrow, but instead will have a wonderful and productive life."
Jenkins was convicted by a jury in December 2024 on charges including one count of conspiracy, four counts of honest services fraud and seven counts of bribery concerning federally funded programs.
Lee wrote in a March sentencing memo that Jenkins repeatedly violated the public's trust "by exploiting his official powers for personal gain."
"After he was caught, he sought to manipulate the judicial process and to evade responsibility for his crimes by lying to the Court and the jury," Lee added.
"In sum, Jenkins' lies and abuses of power in the instant case are not an aberration," he said. "Since his early days in law enforcement, Jenkins has displayed a shocking disregard for his ethical and legal responsibilities."
The Department of Justice hadsaid in a press releasein March that he had received over $75,000 in cash payments for "appointing numerous Northern Virginia businessmen as auxiliary deputy sheriffs within his department."
"Scott Jenkins violated his oath of office and the faith the citizens of Culpeper County placed in him when he engaged in a cash-for-badges scheme," Lee said at the time.
"We hold our elected law enforcement officials to a higher standard of conduct and this case proves that when those officials use their authority for unjust personal enrichment, the Department of Justice will hold them accountable," he added.
