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Trump’s final pardon spree, explained Vox.com 1/20/2021 Andrew Prokop © Pablo Monsalve/VIEWpress via Getty Images Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon exits Manhattan federal court in August 2020. Bannon has been charged with fraud in a GoFundMe scheme involving the border wall with Mexico.
President Trump has ended his term in office in a very appropriate way for him by handing out pardons to some of his close associates and supporters for corruption crimes.
Perhaps the most notable of these pardons was the one given to Steve Bannon, Trump’s former campaign CEO and White House chief strategist, announced late Tuesday night. Bannon was awaiting trial for fraud charges specifically, he was charged with defrauding donors to a crowdfunding campaign promising to build a wall on the US-Mexico border. Yes, that means Trump pardoned Bannon for allegedly defrauding Trump’s own supporters.