Overview
- A White House official said the pardon addresses Strawberry’s 1995 guilty plea for failing to report income on federal tax returns.
- Strawberry publicly thanked President Trump on Instagram and recounted a phone call in which he was told of the pardon.
- Reports note he failed to report roughly $350,000 in income and later agreed to pay more than $430,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties.
- Most outlets report the clemency does not affect Strawberry’s Florida drug convictions, for which he served 11 months in state prison, even as one account described broader relief.
- The statement highlighting his long sobriety, Christian faith and recovery-center work comes as Trump continues a string of high-profile pardons, including recent grants to two former Tennessee political figures.