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The 45th president pardoned 140 people in his final hours in office, including some with North Carolina ties. (Shutterstock)
NORTH CAROLINA President Donald Trump issued a flurry of pardons and commuted sentences in the final hours of his presidency, including at least four with ties to North Carolina.
Trump granted pardons to 73 people and commuted the sentences of another 70 as one of his final acts before leaving office Wednesday.
Notably, he did not pardon himself or any members of his family or former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, his personal attorney.
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In North Carolina, Trump pardoned Robert Cannon Robin Hayes, Patrick Swisher, James Hayes and Drew Boggs.
Two rappers were among the entertainment figures included in a list of 140 people who were pardoned or had their sentences commuted by President Donald Trump in a last-minute clemency flurry early.
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image captionKodak Black (left) and Lil Wayne were praised for their charitable donations
Rap stars Lil Wayne and Kodak Black were on the list of more than 140 people who were granted pardons or had their sentences commuted by outgoing US President Donald Trump on his last full day in the job.
They were joined by Michael Harry-O Harris, co-founder of seminal rap label Death Row Records, after Snoop Dogg campaigned on his behalf.
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Just before leaving office Wednesday, President Donald Trump approved a slew of clemency decisions, including an array of convicted friends, political aides, rap performers, ex-members of Congress and financial fraudsters.
The most prominent name on the list of 73 pardons and 70 commutations was Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon. Bannon has been charged with duping thousands of donors who believed their money would be used to fulfill Trump’s chief campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border. Instead, he alleged