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01-20-2021
President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. while traveling to Texas on Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
In the final hours of his presidency, President Donald Trump granted pardons to 73 people and commuted the sentences of 70 other individuals.
The White House announced the final flurry of pardons and commutations Wednesday morning. The list includes many of his loyalists, including former campaign strategist Steve Bannon, Republican fundraiser Eliot Broidy, and Paul Erickson. Recipients also include rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, who were convicted on weapons-related charges.
Many of the pardons and commutations were given to non-violent drug offenders, including a former Marine who was sentenced in 2002 in connection with a cocaine conviction. The most notable name on the list is Bannon, who is charged with allegedly siphoning more than $1 million from donors supporting a fundraising projec
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Despite a very public campaign, including on-air lobbying by Fox News’
Tucker Carlson just hours earlier, Wikileaks founder
Julian Assange was not granted a pardon. Neither were national security leaders
Edward Snowden and
Reality Winner.
And though there had been rumors he was under consideration for a commutation or pardon, currently incarcerated felon
Joe Exotic was granted clemency.
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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