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.
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The 45th president pardoned 140 people in his final hours in office, including some with North Carolina ties. (Shutterstock)
NORTH CAROLINA President Donald Trump issued a flurry of pardons and commuted sentences in the final hours of his presidency, including at least four with ties to North Carolina.
Trump granted pardons to 73 people and commuted the sentences of another 70 as one of his final acts before leaving office Wednesday.
Notably, he did not pardon himself or any members of his family or former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, his personal attorney.
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President Donald Trump s former chief strategist Steve Bannon speaks with reporters after pleading not guilty to charges that he ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme to build a southern border wall, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)AP
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Just before leaving office Wednesday, President Donald Trump approved a slew of clemency decisions, including an array of convicted friends, political aides, rap performers, ex-members of Congress and financial fraudsters.
The most prominent name on the list of 73 pardons and 70 commutations was Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon. Bannon has been charged with duping thousands of donors who believed their money would be used to fulfill Trump’s chief campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border. Instead, he alleged