A former Culpeper County, Virginia sheriff was sentenced to a decade behind bars earlier this year after he was convicted on federal bribery charges.

However, the former law enforcement officer has been officially pardoned by President Donald Trump, who says that the Biden administration treated him unfairly. 

Trump: "This Sheriff is a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice"

As Fox News reported, Trump announced his decision to pardon former Sheriff Scott Jenkins in a Truth Social post on Monday.

"In fact, during his trial, when Sheriff Jenkins tried to offer exculpatory evidence to support himself, the Biden Judge, Robert Ballou, refused to allow it, shut him down, and then went on a tirade," Trump wrote.

"As we have seen, in Federal, City, and State Courts, Radical Left or Liberal Judges allow into evidence what they feel like, not what is mandated under the Constitution and Rules of Evidence," the president continued.

"This Sheriff is a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice, and doesn’t deserve to spend a single day in jail," Trump insisted.

"He is a wonderful person, who was persecuted by the Radical Left ‘monsters,’ and ‘left for dead.’ This is why I, as President of the United States, see fit to end his unfair sentence, and grant Sheriff Jenkins a FULL and Unconditional Pardon," the president went on to add.

Sheriffs accused of appointing auxiliary deputies in exchange for bribes

Prosecutors maintained that Jenkins accepted direct bribes as well as campaign donations from codefendants Rick Rahim, Fredric Gumbinner, and James Metcalf.

Additional bribes were allegedly provided by five additional individuals, two of whom were actually undercover federal agents.

In exchange, Jenkins appointed the figures as auxiliary deputies in the Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office and issued them badges along with credentials.

Prosecutors asserted that despite holding official positions, none of the identified individuals underwent vetting or received training and never carried out any work.

Jenkins previously expressed hope for a pardon

Fox News noted how Jenkins expressed hope that Trump would reverse his conviction when speaking in a webinar hosted last month by the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association.

"I truly believe if I could get an hour of time with someone in the administration and lay out some facts with my attorney and I really believe if they could hear the other side which I couldn’t get in front of the jury — I believe wholeheartedly in the president," he explained.

"I believe if he heard the information, I know he would help if he knew my story," the former law enforcement officer went on to add.