Former Border Patrol agent Gary Brugman recalled his nights in prison. Everyday was a struggle to survive. He would tape thick automotive magazines to his chest and waist. He made a vest out of bundles of old newspapers before going to sleep, hoping it would blunt the penetration of the shanks – makeshift prison knives – that other inmates promised they would use to kill him after discovering that a federal law enforcement officer was being housed along side them.

Brugman, who served eight years in the U.S. Coast Guard and was a distinguished Border Patrol agent up until his conviction, is now asking President Trump to review his case for a pardon. He, along with his attorney, told The Sara Carter Show that the charges and prosecutorial overreach that led to his wrongful conviction in 2002, has been one of the most difficult experiences and biggest battles of his life.