{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/gillibrand-trump-pardon-and-release-of-corrupt-drug-trafficking-ex-honduran-president-immoral-and-indefensible/", "Gillibrand: Trump Pardon And Release Of Corrupt, Drug Trafficking Ex-Honduran President \u201cImmoral And Indefensible\u201d", "2025-12-02", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "NY", "Kirsten E. Gillibrand", "G000555", "www.gillibrand.senate.gov", "gillibrand", "https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on Trump\u2019s pardon and release of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez, who was convicted on drug trafficking and firearm charges:\n\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s pardon and release of Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez is immoral and indefensible.\n\n\u201cThe disgraced former Honduran president worked with drug traffickers to flood America with 500 tons of cocaine on behalf of the most brutal and violent drug cartels on the planet.\n\n\u201cHern\u00e1ndez boasted that he was \u2018going to stuff the drugs up the gringos\u2019 noses.\u2019 Let\u2019s be clear: he was bragging about putting toxic, addictive, and deadly drugs into the bodies of American children and families.\n\n\u201cThis man does not deserve a pardon; he deserves punishment for his crimes. The president and his administration cannot defend or justify this grave and corrupt action that excuses the decades of harm Mr. Hern\u00e1ndez inflicted on his country and ours.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/gillibrand-trump-pardon-and-release-of-corrupt-drug-trafficking-ex-honduran-president-immoral-and-indefensible/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6727899201214314, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}