US President Donald Trump has granted clemency to former White House aide Steve Bannon, including rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, as part of a wave of pardons and commutations he will issue during his final hours in office.
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.
Bannon, who was a key adviser in Trump’s 2016 presidential run, was charged last year with swindling the president’s own supporters over an effort to raise private funds to build the president’s wall on the US-Mexico border. He has pleaded not guilty.
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US President Donald Trump pardoned his former chief strategist Steve Bannon early Wednesday as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting nearly 150 people, including rap stars and former me…
Outgoing US President Donald Trump grants clemency to former White House aide Steve Bannon as part of a wave of last-minute pardons, but sources say he is not expected to pardon himself.