President Trump on Thursday pardoned a former Army officer who was convicted by a military court martial for refusing to follow the Pentagon’s COVID-19 safety rules.

Former Lt. Mark Bashaw was discharged from the Army in 2022 during the Biden administration after he would not take the COVID-19 shot and then refused to work remotely. Bashaw also would not submit a coronavirus test before reporting for office, and he would not wear a face mask indoors.

The Pentagon had required such measures of all service members should they decline the mandated vaccine, and Bashaw was found guilty by a military judge for failing to comply.

But Trump on Thursday pardoned Bashaw along with a slew of other individuals, including a former Chicago gang........

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