Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/us/politics/trump-fraudster-pardon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E1A.e0Cb.U1izMBvA2TDj&smid=url-share

President Trump was in a merciful mood this week, quietly handing out a raft of pardons.

Among the lucky recipients: a man whose daughter had given millions to a Trump-backed super PAC, a former governor of Puerto Rico, a former F.B.I. agent who had pleaded guilty in a political corruption case and a California woman whom the president had granted relief once before.

The woman, Adriana Camberos, was initially convicted in 2017 for her role in a scheme to sell millions of counterfeit bottles of the caffeinated drink 5-Hour Energy. After her sentence was commuted by Mr. Trump in 2021, she was convicted again in 2024 in an unrelated fraud. When she was pardoned in the new case this week, it marked the second time Mr. Trump had opened the prison gates for her.