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.
In the end, it was a Republican president who set Kwame Kilpatrick up for his comeback.
On his way out of the White House, President Donald Trump commuted the 28-year sentence of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, freeing him early when no one else would and helping him fulfill a prophesy he made in his 2008 resignation speech: Detroit you done set me up for a comeback.
While many Detroiters played a role in securing Kilpatrick s freedom, lobbying Trump for leniency and mercy, it was the embattled president who ultimately came through for Kilpatrick, freeing him 20 years early for public corruption crimes that he was convicted of in 2013.
In his final hours in office as US president, Donald Trump pardoned former adviser Steve Bannon. He was one of the dozens of people to receive a pardon or commutation, including a rap star and former members of Congress.
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.