Trump Pardons Former Alabama State Rep. Ed Henry

FILE – In this May 2, 2019 file photo, former Alabama legislator Ed Henry smiles as he speaks with reporters outside the federal courthouse in Montgomery, Ala. President Donald Trump has pardoned the Alabama lawmaker who pleaded guilty two years ago for his role in a health care fraud case. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)President Donald Trump has pardoned an Alabama lawmaker who pleaded guilty two years ago for his role in a health care fraud case.

Former state Rep. Ed Henry of Hartselle had been a state chairman of Trump’s 2016 campaign and received one of the dozens of pardons and clemency grants Trump announced Wednesday on his final day in office.

Henry in 2019 pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting theft of government property as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors. He was sentenced to two years probation.

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