President Donald Trump issued 73 pardons and commuted federal sentences for 70 other people during his final night in the White House.
Former chief strategist Steve Bannon received one of those pardons.
Bannon is in Manhattan awaiting trial to face federal charges for allegedly frauding people with the “We Build the Wall” online fundraising campaign:
But Bannon, who clashed with other top advisers, was pushed out after less than a year. And his split with Trump deepened after he was quoted in a 2018 book making critical remarks about some of Trump’s adult children. Bannon apologized and soon stepped down as chairman of Breitbart. He and Trump have recently reconciled.In August, he was pulled from a luxury yacht off the coast of Connecticut and brought before a judge in Manhattan, where he pleaded not guilty. When he emerged from the courthouse, Bannon tore off his mask, smiled and waved to news cameras. As he went to a waiting vehicle, he shouted, “This entire fiasco is to stop people who want to build the wall.”The organizers of the “We Build The Wall” group portrayed themselves as eager to help the president build a “big beautiful” barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border, as he promised during the 2016 campaign. They raised more than $25 million from thousands of donors and pledged that 100% of the money would be used for the project.But according to the criminal charges, much of the money never made it to the wall. Instead, it was used to line the pockets of group members, including Bannon.
Others include, courtesy of USA Today:
He also pardoned Death Row Records co-founder Michael Harris, New York art deal and collector Hillel Nahmad, and gave a conditional pardon to former California Rep. Duke Cunningham.
Trump commuted former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s prison sentence.
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