Former Portland developer Michael Liberty among Mainers to get Trump’s final pardons
The developer of multiple real estate projects, including the Chandler Wharf condominiums, was convicted in 2016 of illegal campaign donations and is facing other charges.
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Michael Liberty, center, leaves the federal district courthouse in Portland with attorney s Alfred Frawley IV, left, and Thima Mina, right, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Former Portland real estate developer Michael Liberty is one of at least two Mainers among the nearly 150 people granted last-minute pardons by outgoing President Donald Trump.
In addition to Liberty, who was convicted of campaign finance violations in 2016, Trump also commuted the sentence of an Aroostook County man, Michael Pelletier, who was serving life in prison for running a marijuana smuggling operation.