{"id":22525,"date":"2023-12-27T03:42:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T03:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=22525"},"modified":"2023-12-27T03:42:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T03:42:37","slug":"three-years-ago-on-christmas-president-trump-pardoned-a-border-patrol-agent-imprisoned-for-pushing-an-illegel-alien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=22525","title":{"rendered":"Three Years Ago on Christmas President Trump Pardoned a Border Patrol Agent Imprisoned for Pushing an Illegel Alien"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest post by Joe Hoft at JoeHoft.com<\/a> \u2013 republished with permission<\/p>\n\n

Three years ago on Christmas of 2020, President Trump pardoned Gary Brugman who was punished for protecting his country.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The local\u00a0Texas Tribune<\/a>\u00a0reported on the pardon.<\/p>\n

President Donald J. Trump\u00a0announced 26 new pardons<\/a>\u00a0Wednesday, including one for Gary Brugman, a former U.S. Border Patrol agent who was sent to prison for nearly two years for violating the civil rights of a man attempting to cross the U.S. border into Texas.<\/p>\n

U.S. Sens.\u00a0Ted Cruz<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0John Cornyn<\/a>\u00a0of Texas, Lt. Gov.\u00a0Dan Patrick<\/a>\u00a0and a slate of Republican congressional members were among the public figures who supported Brugman\u2019s clemency, according to a statement from the White House press secretary.<\/p>\n

Brugman\u2019s case drew national attention among conservative figures who hailed him for working to secure the U.S. border.\u00a0Court documents<\/a>\u00a0show that in January 2001, Brugman and a partner responded to a sensor alert in a pecan orchard near the border, where they spotted \u201ca group of approximately ten individuals attempting to enter the United States illegally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brugman chased them on foot after they attempted to run. After another officer caught up with the group, he ordered the men to sit on the floor\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026Brugman was convicted in 2002 and spent more than two years in a federal prison. He\u2019s repeatedly defended his actions and said not all of the men captured were cooperating.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ran up to the aliens and with the bottom of my foot I pushed the first alien to the ground \u2026 and told him to sit down as I said \u2018sientense,\u2019\u201d Brugman wrote in a blog about his encounter, according to\u00a0Fox News<\/a>. \u201cI then turned to a second alien and pushed him to the ground too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brugman served in the Coast Guard for eight years and as a Border Patrol agent for four, the release from the White House said.<\/p>\n

President Trump protected Americans.\n<\/p>\n

Here is a video of Mr. Brugman receiving the news.<\/p>\n\n

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