President Donald Trump again used the traditional pardon process and his presidential authority to bring relief for a mix of beneficiaries, including his former strategist Bannon, awaiting trial on federal fraud charges, and rapper Lil Wayne, awaiting sentencing on a gun possession charge. He also commuted the sentences of 70 people, including Kwame Kilpatrick, the disgraced former Detroit mayor who is serving a 28-year federal prison sentence. | |
News Alert Wednesday, January 20 |
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| | President Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Lil Wayne among 73 people in one of the final acts of his presidency | President Donald Trump again used the traditional pardon process and his presidential authority to bring relief for a mix of beneficiaries, including his former strategist Bannon, awaiting trial on federal fraud charges, and rapper Lil Wayne, awaiting sentencing on a gun possession charge. He also commuted the sentences of 70 people, including Kwame Kilpatrick, the disgraced former Detroit mayor who is serving a 28-year federal prison sentence. | |
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