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Jonathan Braun’s 10-year sentence for running a drug ring was commuted by the departing president. The White House did not mention that he faces separate accusations of violence and threats.
Lil Wayne and Kodak Black Among 4 Hip-Hop Figures Trump Pardoned
An executive from Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and a founder of Death Row Records also received pardons or commutations, capping a long, strange relationship between the former president and the rap world.
Lil Wayne and Kodak Black were among the 143 pardons and commutations announced by former President Trump during his final hours in office. Credit.Associated Press
Jan. 20, 2021
In late October, just days before the presidential election, and almost a year after federal authorities had seized a handgun from his private plane, the rapper Lil Wayne spent nearly an hour with Donald J. Trump at the president’s Doral Golf Club in Miami.
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.
Prospect of Pardons in Final Days Fuels Market to Buy Access to Trump
The president’s allies have collected tens of thousands of dollars and potentially much more from people seeking pardons.
The brisk market for pardons reflects the access peddling that has defined the Trump presidency as well as President Trump’s unorthodox approach to exercising unchecked presidential clemency powers.Credit.Samuel Corum for The New York Times
Published Jan. 17, 2021Updated March 21, 2021
WASHINGTON As President Trump prepares to leave office in days, a lucrative market for pardons is coming to a head, with some of his allies collecting fees from wealthy felons or their associates to push the White House for clemency, according to documents and interviews with more than three dozen lobbyists and lawyers.