Senator Jon Ossoff accused President Donald Trump of pardoning a man who assisted cartels in trafficking billions in cocaine into the U.S. because he was a political ally who sent Trump a four-page letter praising him over Biden, during a speech captured in X posts by Acyn between 6:45 PM and 7:45 PM UTC on February 7, 2026. Ossoff stated, “Trump pardoned a man who helped the cartels make billions trafficking cocaine into the U.S. Trump freed him because he was Trump’s political ally and because he sent a four-page letter to Trump saying he was a better president than Biden,” according to the X post at https://x.com/Acyn/status/2020214770629243129. He further claimed Maduro’s successor directed half a million dollars to Trump’s inauguration and criticized a system where “it pays to be friends with the president,” as reported in the same source. In a separate post at https://x.com/Acyn/status/2020208412794187884, Ossoff described Trump’s administration as “a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich,” calling it “the wealthiest Cabinet ever” and “the Epstein class.” Separately, President Trump aligned with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on overhauling the city’s zoning laws, including reforming the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure to facilitate large-scale construction and address the affordable housing shortage, according to a Politico report shared by DeItaone at https://x.com/DeItaone/status/2020211186696954326 during the reporting window. Ossoff’s remarks reference prior concerns about Trump associates and corruption, building on earlier reports of Epstein-related discussions among lawmakers, but focus on the pardon and inauguration funding as new accusations in this one-hour period.
