Donald Trump pardons 73 people and commutes sentences of 70 more in final hours -full list

Published date20 January 2021
The US President has pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting nearly 150 people, including rap stars and former members of US Congress.

But there was no clemency for Joe 'Tiger King' Exotic who is currently serving a 22-year sentence for trying to hire a hitman to kill zoo keeper rival Carole Baskin.

The eccentric tiger trader was reportedly so confident he would receive a presidential pardon that his team claimed to have parked a limousine near his prison to escort him home.

The pardons and commutations for 143 people, including Bannon, were announced after midnight on Wednesday in the final hours of Trump's White House term.

The NY Times reports that the release of the list of those granted clemency was due earlier on Tuesday, but the debate over Bannon was part of the delay.

He was charged last year with swindling Trump supporters over an effort to raise private funds to build the president's wall on the US-Mexico border.

A pardon cancels a criminal conviction, while a commutation shortens or ends a prison sentence.

When it comes to crimes charged in a federal court, the US president has virtually unlimited power to pardon.

Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski -sentenced for stealing a trade secret on self-driving cars months before he briefly headed Uber Technologies Inc's rival unit -was given a full pardon.

The 40-year-old was sentenced in August to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in March.

He was not in custody but a judge had said he could enter custody once the Covid-19 pandemic subsided.

Other last minute additions included Rapper Lil Wayne -real name Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. -who has been granted a full pardon in relation to firearms charges 10 years ago.

Prominent artist and community leader Kodak Black -real name Bill K. Kapri -was also among the 11th hour blitz.

He was sentenced to 46 months in prison for making a false statement on a Federal document. He has served nearly half of his sentence.

Former Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick also saw his sentence for racketeering and bribery while he held public office commuted.

He had served approximately seven years inside.

The full list of those benefiting from the outgoing President's clemency are:

Todd Boulanger

Abel Holtz

Representative Rick Renzi

Kenneth Kurson

Casey Urlacher

Carl Andrews Boggs

Jaime A. Davidson

James E. Johnson, Jr.

Tommaso Buti

Bill K. Kapri

Jawad A. Musa

Adriana Shayota

Glen Moss

Anthony...

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