Trump Pardons South Florida Divers Convicted for Freeing Sharks From Research Longline

President Donald Trump has granted full and unconditional pardons to two shark divers who were convicted of theft after releasing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a research longline off the coast of Jupiter, Florida. The pardons, signed Wednesday, clear the records of Tanner Mansell and John Moore Jr., who were found guilty in 2022 of theft of property within special maritime jurisdiction, according to pardon documents from the U.S. Department of Justice. The convictions stemmed from an incident in August 2020, when Moore, the captain of a shark-diving charter boat, and Mansell, his crew member, encountered a longline about three miles off Jupiter Inlet, according to court records....