Stephen Buyer
Stephen Buyer is a former United States Representative from Indiana, serving as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2011. He represented Indiana’s 4th and later 5th congressional districts and was a member of several committees
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Jun 6, 2026
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Trump pardoned former Republican Rep. Stephen Buyer, who was convicted in 2023 on four counts of securities fraud for insider trading.
This pardon creates real tension within the lean-right coalition, where anti-cronyism sentiment runs deep, making it hard to frame a securities fraud conviction as a political prosecution worthy of executive clemency.