Donald Trump grants 73 pardons and commutes 70 sentences in final hours of presidency
Rapper Lil Wayne was also among those given pardons, while Joe Exotic was notably absent from the list
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Rapper Lil Wayne was also among those given pardons, while Joe Exotic was notably absent from the list
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had given a full pardon to a former Google engineer sentenced for stealing a trade secret on self-driving cars months before he briefly headed Uber Technologies Inc’s rival unit.
01-20-2021 President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. while traveling to Texas on Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) In the final hours of his presidency, President Donald Trump granted pardons to 73 people and commuted the sentences of 70 other individuals. The White House announced the final flurry of pardons and commutations Wednesday morning. The list includes many of his loyalists, including former campaign strategist Steve Bannon, Republican fundraiser Eliot Broidy, and Paul Erickson. Recipients also include rappers L...
Anthony Levandowski, an engineer convicted of stealing information about self-driving car tech from Google/Waymo, has been pardoned by Donald Trump.
Font Size: As one of his final acts, President Donald Trump issued dozens of commutations and pardons early Wednesday morning for a slew of people including nonviolent offenders, a former mayor and a Google engineer who pled guilty to trade secret theft. Of the 70 commutations, a handful had received sentences for nonviolent drug offenses, such as Michael Pelletier, Craig Cesal and Darrell Frazier. Pelletier, 64, has served 12 of his 30 year sentence for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, according to the White House. “Mr. Pelletier has maintained a clear disciplinary record, has thrived a...