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Trump pardons ex-strategist Steve Bannon, dozens of others

Steve Bannon
Posted at 5:59 AM, Jan 20, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-20 05:59:23-05

WASHINGTON DC — President Donald Trump 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 Congress.

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

The last-minute clemency, announced earlier Wednesday morning, follows separate waves of pardons over the last month for Trump associates convicted in the FBI's Russia investigation as well as for the father of his son-in-law.

See the White House list of pardons