Political analyst Luis Dávila Colón sharply criticized the administration of President Donald Trump over the financial arrangements surrounding the presidential pardons granted to former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini, and Marco Rossini. On his program En la Mirilla, citing reporting by The New York Times and The Washington Post, he said the pardon efforts involved more than $60 million: a $50 million contract with Trump-linked lawyer Alina Habba, $3.5 million in contributions to MAGA Inc., and another $2.5 million toward a White House ballroom.
In his view, the transactions reflect influence peddling and unequal access to US justice. Habba has denied involvement in the pardon efforts, but Dávila Colón argued that people with money and political connections obtain favorable treatment, warning the pattern threatens trust in democratic institutions and could produce a punishment vote in the midterms. He also questioned why Family Secretary Suzanne Roig remains in Governor Jenniffer González Colón’s cabinet amid investigations into hiring processes at that agency.
Separately, he lamented the arrest of Kissimmee Mayor Jackie Espinosa over allegations she steered pandemic small-business aid, an estimated $50,000 to $75,000, to her own businesses, crediting journalist Shannon Butler of Orlando’s Channel 9 with uncovering the case and cautioning it could damage Puerto Rican-origin candidates’ image in Florida.