Trump Prepares Pardon Wave for Final Hours
Among those under consideration for grants of clemency are the former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and the rapper Lil Wayne.
Sheldon Silver, the former New York Assembly speaker, was convicted twice on corruption charges and sentenced to prison last summer.Credit...Gregg Vigliotti for The New York Times
Those under consideration include such disparate figures as Sheldon Silver, the disgraced former New York Assembly speaker, and the rapper Lil Wayne, who pleaded guilty last month to a gun charge. Rudolph W. Giuliani says he does not expect one, and Stephen K. Bannon’s chances seem to have dimmed. Mixed in among the big names, low-level drug offenders are under consideration.