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Posted on 02/13/2026 10:56:05 AM PST by thegagline
President Donald Trump has pardoned five former NFL players convicted of various offenses ranging from counterfeiting to drug trafficking*** Johnson revealed on social media Thursday that Trump has granted clemency to former New York Jets defensive lineman Joe Klecko, former Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Nate Newton, former Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis, former Buffalo Bills running back Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon.
“As football reminds us, excellence is built on grit, grace, and the courage to rise again,” she wrote and added, “So is our nation.”
Johnson also credited Cowboys owner Jerry Jones with relaying the news to Newton, writing that Jones “personally” informed him of the decision.
“Special thanks to Jerry Jones for personally sharing the news with Nate Newton. I’m holding Nate’s pardon in my hands today — what a blessed day,” Johnson wrote.
Newton, 64, served 30 months in federal prison beginning in 2002 on a drug trafficking charge, and he has remained active in team events and media appearances since his release.
Cannon, a College Football Hall of Famer who died in 2018, served more than two years in prison after admitting in 1983 to participating in a counterfeiting scheme. He played for the Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders, and Kansas City Chiefs and was a two-time All-Pro and two-time Pro Bowl selection.
Klecko, a former defensive lineman for the Jets inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2023, was sentenced to three months in prison for perjury in an insurance fraud case.
Lewis, a former Ravens running back who won the Super Bowl in 2001, pleaded guilty in 2004 to using a cellphone to facilitate a drug transaction.
Henry, who played for the Bills, pleaded guilty in 2009 to conspiracy to traffic cocaine and served three years in prison.***
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So pardoning thugs is just the cost of doing business, kind of like protecting pedos is supposedly required for Dow 50K. Not saying YOU are in favor of either, but that is the message we seem to be getting.
Why did Trump do this? I don’t get it.
“But you doesn’t have to call me Johnson”
Klecko is White and so was Cannon.
👍
I think more black men support Trump than commonly assumed. I vaguely remember DJT campaigned in a inner-city barbershop.
Precisely.
Celebrity buys you a get-out-of-jail card.
A lot of blacks like Trump. He’s a good man.
Yeah, I thought this was more well known. The best sign of Trump's strength is that he can get away with stuff like this. Can you image Obama pardoning a fraudster cocaine trafficker, then making her his "pardon tsar" in order to pardon more cocaine traffickers and money launderers? He would have caved to the pressure in a minute because he was weak.
I remember John Madden pointing out Nate Newton. Go to the 1:35 mark to start hearing Madden talking about him:
https://youtu.be/sLoTyELKNdM?si=7-5TlGbSOnuo68Mq
They make it sound like playing football is like going to war. It’s a stupid game. A bunch of men in tights chasing around a ball.
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