Trump Grants Clemency To 144 People, Including Steve Bannon, But Not Sheldon Silver
arrow President Donald Trump s former chief strategist Steve Bannon leaves federal court in New York, after pleading not guilty to charges that he ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico Craig Ruttle/AP/Shutterstock
In his last full day in office, President Donald Trump granted pardons to 74 people and commuted the sentences of 70 others, including his former campaign manager Steve Bannon, former New York Observer editor Ken Kurson, and the rapper Lil Wayne but left disgraced former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver off the list.
With just hours left in office, President Donald Trump is expected to dish out pardons and sentence commutations to a varied group of more than 100 criminals, pardons that could include himself and his family members, according to several reports Monday.