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D.C. developer gets last-minute pardon from Trump
Jonathan O Connell, The Washington Post
Jan. 20, 2021
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Douglas Jemal, founder and president of Douglas Development, photographed in Washington on August 24, 2017.Washington Post photo by Marvin Joseph
Cowboy boot-wearing Washington D.C. real estate magnate Douglas Jemal was among those pardoned by President Donald Trump late Tuesday, absolving him of a 2007 conviction for wire fraud.
Jemal, 79, is one of the most influential and flamboyant developers in the nation s capital, having rebuilt big chunks of downtown, Columbia Heights and New York Avenue NE.
In a statement announcing the pardons early Wednesday, the White House said Jemal was credited with rebuilding many urban inner cities and said he was instrumental to various other charitable causes. ....

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