A Google engineer who stole 14,000 files of trade secrets on self-driving cars before going to work for Uber has been pardoned by President Trump.
Anthony Levandowski, 40, was sentenced to 18 months in prison last August for what a judge called the biggest trade secret crime I have ever seen , although he was not yet in custody.
He was one of 73 people pardoned by Trump on his final day in office, with the White House describing him as a brilliant engineer with talents needed by the country. Mr Levandowski has paid a significant price for his actions and plans to devote his talents to advance the public good, the White House said.
UpdatedWed, Jan 20, 2021 at 2:58 pm ET
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on January 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
NEW JERSEY – President Trump has pardoned several New Jersey figures who were convicted in some of the state s most high-profile crimes over the past decade.
Trump granted pardons to 73 people and commuted the sentences of an additional 70 on his last day of office, granting freedom to former political power brokers in the state as well as a New Jersey man who is a friend of the president s son-in-law, according to NJ Advance Media, which broke the story.