Steve Bannon And Lil Wayne Among 73 Pardoned On Trump s Last Day
01/20/21 AT 4:55 AM
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned 73 people, including his former aide Steve Bannon and the rapper Lil Wayne, just hours before he was due to leave office.
The list of those pardoned as well as 70 people whose sentences were commuted was likely to draw allegations of cronyism, at the end of a term during which the president promised to drain the swamp of Washington politics.
However, neither Trump nor his relatives were listed, amid speculation he could use the legally dubious tactic of a preemptive pardon to fend off future charges.
Outgoing US President Donald Trump pardons ex-aide Steve Bannon but not himself or family Updated Jan 20, 2021 | 12:37 IST
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned 73 people, including his former aide Steve Bannon, the White House said, just before he was due to leave office. Donald Trump | Photo Credit: AP
Washington: 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 on Wednesday, when Joe Biden is sworn in as the nation s next president. White House officials had argued to Trump that he should not pardon himself or his family because it might look like they are guilty of crimes, according to a source familiar with the situation.