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President Donald Trump pardons the officials as part of a last-minute clemency spree before he leaves office.

Full list of Trump's last-minute pardons and commuted sentences Yuliya Talmazan and Rachel Elbaum and Sara Mhaidli and Tom Winter © Provided by NBC News With only hours to go before leaving office, President Donald Trump pardoned 74 people and commuted the sentences of 70 others. A list of 143 people, made public early Wednesday morning, included his former chief strategist and longtime ally Steve Bannon as well as his former top fundraiser Elliott Broidy. Then, with less than an hour to go before President-elect Joe Biden was set to be sworn in, Trump granted one last pardo...

A Google engineer who stole 14,000 files of trade secrets on self-driving cars before going to work for Uber has been pardoned by President Trump.  Anthony Levandowski, 40, was sentenced to 18 months in prison last August for what a judge called 'the biggest trade secret crime I have ever seen', although he was not yet in custody.  He was one of 73 people pardoned by Trump on his final day in office, with the White House describing him as a 'brilliant' engineer with talents needed by the country. 'Mr Levandowski has paid a significant price for his actions and plans to devote his talents to...

Here is a look at all 143 people President Donald Trump granted pardons or commutations to on the final day of his presidency.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly used his clemency authority as a political tool rather than an act of mercy, issued a final wave of pardons and commutations during his final hours in office, delivering relief for a mix of beneficiaries that included former strategist Steve Bannon, Republican Party and Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy and former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, found guilty in 2013 of corruption charges. He granted pardons to 73 people and commuted the sentences of 70, according to a news release from the White House on Wednesday, before he pardone...