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President Donald Trump has pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting more than 140 people, including rap artists, ex-members of Congress and other allies of him and his family.
The pardons and commutations were announced after midnight Wednesday in the final hours of Trump s White House term. It follows separate waves of pardons over the last month for Trump associates convicted in the FBI’s Russia investigation as well as for the father of his son-in-law.
Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty to charges that he duped thousands of investors who believed their money would be used to fulfill Trump’s chief campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border. Instead, he allegedly diverted over a million dollars, paying a salary to one campaign official and personal expenses for himself.
Everybody President Trump pardoned on his last day in office:
Todd Boulanger â President Trump granted a full pardon to Todd Boulanger. In 2008, Mr Boulanger pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud.
Abel HoltzÂ
â President Trump granted a full pardon to Abel Holtz. Mr. Holtz is currently 86 years old. In 1995, he pled guilty to one count of impeding a grand jury investigation and was sentenced to 45 days in prison.
RepresentativeÂ
Rick Renzi â President Trump granted a full pardon to Representative Rick Renzi of Arizona. In 2013, Mr. Renzi was convicted of extortion, bribery, insurance fraud, money laundering, and racketeering.
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.
U.S. 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, a senior administration official said, but did not pardon himself, members of his family or lawyer Rudy Giuliani.