President Trump has forgiven a Florida Healthcare executive whose mother played the role in trying to expose Ashley Biden's diary.
Executive pardon Paul Waltzak was personally signed Wednesday and posted on the Department of Justice website on Friday. It was less than two weeks after he was sentenced to 18 months and ordered to pay around $4.4 million in restitution for a tax crime prosecutors said he was sentenced to 18 months and used to fund a luxurious lifestyle, including the purchase of yachts.
Elizabeth Fago, the mother of Warkzak, who was also involved in Florida's healthcare industry, is a longtime Republican donor and fundraiser who played a role in secret efforts to help Trump by undermining Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the 2020 presidential election.
During the campaign, Fago was contacted by a man who owned a diary as Biden's daughter, Ashley, recovered from her addiction.
When she first spoke about her diary, Fago said she thought Trump could win the election if it was made public. This man, Robert Carlander, distributed his diary in September 2020 at Fundraiser of Mr Fago's House in Jupiter, Florida.
Fago's daughter passed along tips on the diary of Project Veritas, a conservative group that has become Trump's favorite. Project Veritas later paid Kurlander and Aimee Harris $40,000 in their diary.
The Justice Department has investigated theft and handling of the diary, including scrutiny of Ms. Fago and her daughter. They either were not charged with Project Veritas, but Kurlander and Harris were convicted in connection with the plan.
There was no evidence that Mr. Walzak was involved in his efforts to obtain a journal, and the charges against him were unrelated to the matter.
He had donated a total of about $450 to Trump's 2020 campaign around the time of fundraising at his mother's house, but it's not clear if he attended it.
When asked about the pardon, he declined to comment and refused to respond to a follow-up message asking about his diary. Fago, who contributed more than $16,000 to Trump's committee and was appointed to the National Cancer Advisory Committee in December 2020, did not respond to a request for comment.
Warkzak's pardon emphasizes his complaints about what Trump sees as political weaponization of the judicial system, swiping through perceived enemies, including Biden.
Last month, Trump admitted tolerance to Devon Archer and Jason Galanis. The man was a former business partner of Biden's son Hunter, and won political rights fans by testifying to a Republican-controlled Congressional committee on the young Biden business deal and overlap between Elder Biden's public services.
Raymond R. Granger, the lawyer representing Mr. Waltzak in his criminal tax case, confirmed that he drafted an amnesty application with the support of two lawyers who worked on the case, Richard Levitt and Dennis Kainen.
In a statement, Granger said, “Paul and his family are truly grateful to the President, and Paul looks forward to focusing on his lifelong passion for improving the country's health care system.”
Walzak's generous grant came on the same day as Trump issued a pardon to Michele Fiore, a Nevada Republican politician who was convicted last year in connection with a plan to use charitable personal donations, including plastic surgery, rent and daughter's wedding.
White House officials said Walzak and Fiore were victims of biased prosecution under the Biden Department of Justice.
