WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez, a White House official confirmed to the Post, calling the case against her political retribution.

Vazquez’ sentencing was set for later this month.

She pleaded guilty last August to a federal campaign finance violation in a case that authorities say also involved a former FBI agent and a Venezuelan banker.

Federal prosecutors had been seeking one year behind bars, something that Vázquez’s attorneys opposed as they accused prosecutors of violating a guilty plea deal reached last year that saw previous charges including bribery and fraud dropped.

They noted that Vázquez had agreed to plead guilty to accepting a promise of a campaign contribution that was never received.

Administration officials saw the case as politically motivated and noted the investigation into Vázquez started in 2020, just days after she endorsed Trump for president.

“This entire case is an example of political prosecution,” a White House official told the Post. “The investigation into Ms. Vazquez began 10 days after she endorsed President Trump in 2020.”

Vázquez, an attorney, was the U.S. territory’s first former governor to plead guilty to a crime, specifically accepting a donation from a foreigner for her 2020 political campaign.

She was governor from 2019 to 2021 and was arrested in 2022 for allegedly bribing people to finance her 2020 campaign. 

Trump has issued a slew of pardons in his first year in office, including to the Jan. 6 defendants, former Rep. George Santos, and reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley.

With Post wires.