Everyone who Donald Trump pardoned on his last day being president
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It's official, as of midnight last night, Donald J. Trump is no longer President of the United States of America. But being Donald J. Trump, he didn't go out without a bang. In his last 24-hours in power, Trump pardoned a lot of people, meaning they are now free from federal criminal conviction.
The White House issued a list of no less than 73 - yes, seventy-three - individuals who have been granted clemency by the now-former President. As well as that, Donald Trump also commuted the sentences of another 70 people, which means a prison sentence they are currently serving will either be shortened or scrapped completely.
It's totally legal and actually quite common for outgoing presidents to issue pardons before they leave office, having first been suggested by Alexander Hamilton in 1787, who insisted it would "restore the tranquillity of the commonwealth."
Earlier this week, speculation was rife that Trump might use his final day in power to pardon big cat lover Joe Exotic, who was convicted of animal abuse and murder for hire charges against Carole Baskin in April 2019 and is currently serving out a 22 year prison sentence in Fort Worth, Texas.
Despite grand plans from Exotic's lawyer to have a limo and a hair stylist awaiting him upon imminent freedom, it doesn't look like the former 'zoo' owner will be exiting jail any time soon.
Some of the more notable people who did make the cut for pardoning, however, include rapper Lil Wayne, who pleaded guilty to a weapons charge last year. The BBC reports Lil Wayne previously "posted a photo of himself with Mr Trump during the election campaign praising the president's work on criminal reform," so perhaps that went some way to sway Trump.
Also in the mix was Steve Bannon, an adviser to President Trump during his 2016 election campaign, who was charged last summer for fraud relating to a fundraising campaign to build a wall on the US-Mexico border. Ken Kurson was also on the list; a friend of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was previously charged with cyberstalking during a divorce.
Just had a great meeting with @realdonaldtrump @potus besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership. He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done. 🤙🏾 pic.twitter.com/Q9c5k1yMWf
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) October 29, 2020
Here's the list of pardons in full:
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 Levandowski
Aviem Sella
Michael Liberty
Greg Reyes
Ferrell Damon Scott
Jerry Donnell Walden
Jeffrey Alan Conway
Benedict Olberding
Syrita Steib-Martin
Michael Ashley
Lou Hobbs
Matthew Antoine Canady
Mario Claiborne
Rodney Nakia Gibson
Tom Leroy Whitehurst
Monstsho Eugene Vernon
Luis Fernando Sicard
DeWayne Phelps
Isaac Nelson
Traie Tavares Kelly
Javier Gonzales
Eric Wesley Patton
Robert William Cawthon
Hal Knudson Mergler
Gary Evan Hendler
John Harold Wall
Steven Samuel Grantham
Clarence Olin Freeman
Fred Keith Alford
John Knock
Kenneth Charles Fragoso
Luis Gonzalez
Anthony DeJohn
Corvain Cooper
Way Quoe Long
Michael Pelletier
Craig Cesal
Darrell Frazier
Lavonne Roach
Blanca Virgen
Robert Francis
Brian Simmons
Derrick Smith
Raymond Hersman
David Barren
James Romans
Jonathon Braun
Michael Harris
Kyle Kimoto
Chalana McFarland
Eliyahu Weinstein
John Estin Davis
Alex Adjmi
Elliott Broidy
Stephen K. Bannon
Douglas Jemal
Noah Kleinman
Dr. Scott Harkonen
Johnny D. Phillips, Jr.
Dr. Mahmoud Reza Banki
Tena Logan
MaryAnne Locke
April Coots
Caroline Yeats
Jodi Lynn Richter
Kristina Bohnenkamp
Mary Roberts
Cassandra Ann Kasowski
Lerna Lea Paulson
Ann Butler
Sydney Navarro
Tara Perry
John Nystrom
Gregory Jorgensen, Deborah Jorgensen, Martin Jorgensen
Jessica Frease
Robert Cannon “Robin” Hayes
Thomas Kenton “Ken” Ford
Jon Harder
Scott Conor Crosby
Chris Young
Adrianne Miller
Lynn Barney
Joshua J. Smith
Amy Povah
Dr. Frederick Nahas
David Tamman
Dr. Faustino Bernadett
Paul Erickson
Kwame Kilpatrick
Fred “Dave” Clark
Todd Farha, Thaddeus Bereday, William Kale, Paul Behrens, Peter Clay
David Rowland
Randall “Duke” Cunningham
William Walters
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.
Stephen Odzer
James Brian Cruz
Steven Benjamin Floyd
Joey Hancock
David E. Miller
James Austin Hayes
Drew Brownstein
Robert Bowker
Amir Khan
Shalom Weiss
Salomon Melgen
Patrick Lee Swisher
Robert Sherrill
Dr. Robert S. Corkern
David Lamar Clanton
George Gilmore
Desiree Perez
Robert “Bob” Zangrillo
Hillel Nahmad
Brian McSwain
John Duncan Fordham
William “Ed” Henry
You can read more about all Trump's pardons and the crimes individuals had previously been convicted of in the White House's full statement.
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