Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyle(Getty Images)Donald Trump issued a full pardon to Stephen Buyer, a Republican and former Indiana congressman, who had served nearly two years in prison for illegal stock trades. Buyer was sentenced in 2023 to 22 months for insider trading related to the T-Mobile and Sprint merger and the acquisition of Navigant, and was ordered to forfeit over $350,000. Trump's pardon, described as "full, complete, and unconditional," cited Buyer’s "distinguished and highly productive" career as a judge advocate general and during his time in the House. Buyer maintains his innocence, asserting the pardon "corrects a politically motivated prosecution" and describing his imprisonment for a crime he did not commit as "horrific." More than 40 Republicans in Congress supported the pardon, claiming Buyer was "targeted by the deep state" due to his involvement in Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial. In fullTrump issues pardon to former Rep. Stephen Buyer who was convicted of insider tradingThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Stephen Buyer is the latest in a series of white collar criminals and fraudsters granted a 'full, complete and unconditional" pardon by the US President

President Donald Trump has pardoned former US Representative Stephen Buyer, an Indiana Republican, who was convicted of securities fraud for engaging in

Stephen Buyer was found guilty in March of 2023 on four counts of securities fraud, and was sentenced in September of that year to 22 months in prison.