Trump pardons 5 former NFL stars for wide-ranging crimes

President Donald Trump pardoned 5 erstwhile NFL players connected Thursday night.

White House pardon czar Alice Mary Johnson announced the pardons successful a station connected societal media. Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the precocious Billy Cannon were granted clemency.

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President Donald Trump listens during a furniture gathering astatine the White House, Jan. 29, 2026, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

"As shot reminds us, excellence is built connected grit, grace, and the courageousness to emergence again. So is our nation," Johnson wrote successful a station connected X.

She added that Dallas Cowboys squad proprietor Jerry Jones shared the quality "personally" with Newton, who was a three-time Super Bowl victor with the Cowboys.

Klecko, a erstwhile New York Jets prima and Pro Football Hall of Famer, pleaded blameworthy to perjury erstwhile helium lied to a national expansive assemblage that was investigating security fraud.

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Dallas Cowboys defender Nate Newton (61) successful enactment against the San Francisco 49ers astatine Candlestick Park connected Nov. 10, 1996. (James D. Smith/USA TODAY Sports)

Newton, who was a six-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro selection, pleaded blameworthy to a national drug-trafficking complaint aft instrumentality enforcement discovered $10,000 successful his pickup motortruck arsenic good arsenic 175 pounds of marijuana successful a conveyance successful an accompanying car driven by different man.

Lewis, who won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens, pleaded blameworthy successful a cause lawsuit successful which helium utilized a cellphone to effort to acceptable up a cause woody soon aft his erstwhile squad selected him with the No. 5 wide prime of the 2000 draft. He was the Offensive Player of the Year successful 2003.

Henry, who was a Pro Bowl moving backmost that played for 3 teams successful his seven-year NFL career, pleaded blameworthy to conspiracy to postulation cocaine for financing a cause ringing that moved betwixt Colorado and Montana.

Oakland Raiders choky extremity (33) Billy Cannon catches a walk against the Green Bay Packers during Super Bowl II astatine the Orange Bowl connected Jan. 14, 1968. (Tony Tomsic/USA TODAY NETWORK)

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Cannon, a prima with the Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders, admitted to counterfeiting successful the mid-1980s. He was the 1959 Heisman Trophy victor portion astatine LSU. His pardon came posthumously arsenic helium died successful 2018.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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