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Among those on the list is rapper Lil Wayne, who plead guilty to felony gun possession in November. 'Tha Carter' was one of the first to be named as possibly receiving clemency. He's joined by fellow hip hop artist Kodak Black, who received a commuted sentence from President Trump.

The 45th president granted clemency to allies including Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn during his reign

Who has Trump pardoned? A full list OLD Read full article January 20, 2021, 3:58 AM·20 min read Oops! Donald Trump, pictured on December 7, 2020, has been pardoning allies before leaving office next month (AFP via Getty Images) Donald Trump used his final hours as president to issue a slew of 143 pardons and commutations of sentence to friends and allies as he prepared to reluctantly hand over power to his Democratic successor Joe Biden. A meeting with his inner circle at the White House on Su...

Donald Trump Pardon List—Every Person Granted Clemency by the President On 1/19/21 at 12:23 PM EST President Donald Trump was expected to pardon more than 100 people in his final hours in office. The list of people Trump pardoned was announced early on Wednesday, and revealed that Trump pardoned 73 people and commuted the sentences of 70 more. Among those hoping to be pardoned were some rioters who stormed the Capitol building earlier in January, though they were not pardoned by the president...

Mr Trump has pardoned allies including Roger Stone, Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn

The pardons of the ex-contractors involved in the killings of Iraqi civilians drew rebukes from civil rights groups in particular. The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group, called it "an unconscionable act of moral insanity." The four ex-contractors worked for Blackwater, a firm founded by Erik Prince, one of Trumps allies and the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos "The idea of the pardon power is really to address injustice and to eit...

How Trump and past presidents have wielded the presidential pardon By Kathryn Watson December 18, 2020 / 2:51 PM / CBS News As President Trumps final days in the Oval Office wind down, hes widely expected to exercise the power of the pardon, as his predecessors have. Pardon reviews tend to snowball at the end of an administration, and Mr. Trump has not hesitated to extend clemency to a small number of Americans, including some of his controversial allies.  However, the ...