Wyoming’s junior U.S. senator and the speaker of the state House of Representatives both support the idea of a pardon for a 65-year-old mechanic who is in federal prison for deleting emissions systems from diesel engines.
U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyoming, outright supports the efforts of Troy Lake’s family to secure a presidential pardon for him, her senior communications advisor Joe Jackson told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday.
“Senator Lummis is very supportive of a pardon for Mr. Lake,” wrote Jackson in an email. “She believes that this was a miscarriage of justice by overzealous prosecutors who need to focus more on illegal immigration and keeping our communities safe.”
Lake was convicted in June 2024 of conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act. That was after years of deleting or helping to delete emissions controls on diesel engines, including fire trucks and commercial trucks.
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