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POLITICS ·UNITED STATES ·July 4, 2026
“Do you know that I pardoned a man last week who was sentenced to seven years in jail because he got caught fixing his car or his truck?”
Donald Trump, President
✦ Summary · July 4, 2026 AI-written summary of the news — not a direct quote

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he had granted clemency to six individuals he claimed were unfairly targeted by the Biden administration for what he described as “fixing their car.” The president’s remark stemmed from prior comments about a man he said received a seven-year prison term for tampering with his vehicle. The action reportedly relates to violations of the Clean Air Act, specifically the disabling of emissions-monitoring equipment on commercial trucks. Trump had previously pardoned Wyoming diesel mechanic Troy Lake, who served seven months—not years—after pleading guilty to dismantling pollution control systems on hundreds of heavy-duty truck engines. The Justice Department had earlier instructed prosecutors to drop criminal cases involving such “defeat devices,” though civil enforcement remains possible.

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