President Trump posted a letter he received from former Republican National Committee Chairman Robert James Nicholson on Truth Social surrounding a request to pardon former Indiana Congressman Stephen Buyer (R). Posting the letter, dated April 22, 2025, followed a letter he shared from five lawmakers also requesting he consider a pardon for Buyer.
According to the letter from Nicholson, Buyer has “suffered the consequences of a politically weaponized federal and state judiciary.”
“Congressman Buyer prosecuted President Bill Clinton in his Impeachment trial, sought an indictment against then first lady Hillary Clinton for obstruction of justice for hiding the infamous Rose Law Firm billing records, and defended the military overseas vote that was disenfranchised during the Florida recount of 2000 Presidential Election,” the letter adds. “The Clinton-Obama-Biden political surrogates never forgot his contributions to our country. The SEC and DOJ were weaponized against Congressman Buyer as political retribution and prosecuted him in criminal and civil courts without any direct evidence by testimony or document.”
The other letter, signed by Reps. Tom Cole (R-OK), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), and Pete Sessions (R-TX) also reference Buyer’s actions against the Clintons. They explained that Buyer “raised serious concerns regarding actions taken by President Clinton and Hillary Clinton, both prior to President Clinton’s time in office and during his presidency.”
“We support granting Congressman Steve Buyer a full and unconditional Presidential pardon,” the lawmakers added, writing that Buyer has “served our country in the military and in Congress with honor and values. Bringing justice to Congressman Buyer through a presidential pardon is a noble endeavor in this effort.”
The Department of Justice sentenced Buyer to 22 months in prison in 2023 upon being convicted of four counts of securities fraud for two insider trading schemes. According to the DOJ, Buyer provided “false explanations for his Sprint and Navigant trading, which Judge Berman found at sentencing to constitute obstruction of justice.”
