President Donald Trump's pardon list in his final hours in the White House included former chief strategist Steve Bannon. Kwame Kilpatrick, Lil Wayne and Kodak Black were also among the 143 receiving clemency or commutations.
Trump expected to issue flurry of pardons on last full day
by Jill Colvin And Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 19, 2021 12:42 pm EDT
Last Updated Jan 19, 2021 at 12:44 pm EDT
President Donald Trump speaks near a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Alamo, Texas. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP)
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump was expected to spend his last full day in office issuing a flurry of pardons and bidding farewell to the American public from a near-deserted White House and surrounded by an extraordinary security presence outside.
In one of his final acts as president, Trump was expected to grant clemency to as many as 100 people, according to two people briefed on the plans. The list of pardons and commutations is expected to include names unfamiliar to the American public regular people who have spent years languishing in prison as well as politically-connected friends and allies like those he’s pardoned in the
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President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of his White House term.
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President Donald Trump will offer rare, kind words to his successor in a “farewell address” Tuesday as he spends his final full day in office preparing to issue a flurry of pardons in a near-deserted White House, surrounded by an extraordinary security presence outside.
“This week, we inaugurate a new administration and pray for its success in keeping America safe and prosperous,” Trump will say in a video address, according to excepts released by the White House. Trump, who spent months trying to delegitimize President-elect Joe Biden’s win with baseless allegations of mass voter fraud, will also trumpet what he sees as his