In the last hours of his controversial presidency, Donald Trump has granted clemency to more than 140 people, including his former chief strategist and a rapper.
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 ― US President Donald Trump granted clemency to former White House aide Steve Bannon as part of a wave of pardons and commutations issued in his final hours in office, but did not pardon himself, members of his family or lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Trump leaves office today, when Joe.
Taking over the reins of government at a time of extreme partisanship and violence and with a pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans, Joe Biden was sworn in as president at 11:49 a.m. Wednesday outside the U.S. Capitol, formally ending Donald Trump s single term and becoming the nation s 46th chief executive. We have much to do in this winter of peril and possibility. Much to repair, much to restore. . Few periods in our nation’s history have been more challenging or difficult than the one we’re in now, Biden said, delivering a 22-minute speech in which he called for America s better angels to bring it together much as Abraham Lincoln did in 1861 as the Civil War began. We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature. Without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury . no nation, only a state of chaos.
President Donald Trump has pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting nearly 150 people, including rap stars and former members of Congress
President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly used his clemency authority as a political tool rather than an act of mercy, issued a final wave of pardons and commutations on his last night in office, delivering relief for a mix of beneficiaries that included former strategist Stephen Bannon, Republican Party and Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy, and former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, found guilty in 2013 of corruption charges.