This is who cracked Donald Trump’s list of pardons
Trump has pardoned 73 people and commuted the sentences of 70, some of whom are celebrities
20 January 2021 - 15:43
Washington — US President Donald Trump granted clemency to dozens of people on Wednesday, including his former strategist, Steve Bannon, the rapper Lil Wayne and former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, in one of his final official acts as president.
A list of pardons and commutations the White House released early on Wednesday, Trump’s last day in office, did not include the president himself. Trump had discussed preemptively pardoning himself and associates, but some advisers had cautioned the president against what would have been an unprecedented action, according to people familiar with the matter...
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