Trump commutes sentence of South Florida doctor convicted of Medicare fraud
Dr. Salomon Melgen among those to receive presidential pass
Palm Beach Post
Dr. Salomon Melgen was convicted of health-care fraud in 2018.
and last updated 2021-01-20 08:57:57-05
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. â On his last day in office, President Donald Trump granted pardons to 73 people and commuted the sentences of 70 more people.
A pardon absolves those who have committed federal crimes. Those charged by state and local agencies are not eligible for a pardon.
Among others pardoned Wednesday morning include rappers Kodak Black, Lil Wayne, politicians Rep. Duke Cunningham, R-California, and Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Arizona.
President Donald Trump's pardon list in his final hours in the White House included former chief strategist Steve Bannon. Kwame Kilpatrick, Lil Wayne and Kodak Black were also among the 143 receiving clemency or commutations.
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President Donald Trump pardoned Steve Bannon, his former top strategist and campaign CEO, in a late-night pardon dump that rewarded many of the president s longtime loyalists hours before he left office.
Trump granted clemency to 143 people in the early hours of Wednesday morning, including Bannon, longtime Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy and multiple lawmakers convicted of corruption. He also issued a full pardon to Republican operative Paul Erickson, who was convicted of fraud charges after coming under investigation due to his relationship with Maria Butina, the Russian spy who pleaded guilty to infiltrating conservative groups like the NRA.
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The list of people who did not receive a pardon, however, is equally notable. White House lawyers dissuaded the now-formr president from pardoning himself or his family members because doing so would amount to an unnecessary admission of guilt, according to The Washington Post. He also did not pardon per
President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon in the final hours of his White House term as part of a flurry of clemency action that