Weldon Angelos: Trump pardoned Angelos, who was sentenced to 55 years in prison for selling marijuana and carrying a handgun, on December 22. ![]() The former agents were convicted in 2006 of shooting and wounding an unarmed undocumented immigrant and then covering it up.Īlfonso Costa: Trump pardoned Costa, a dentist who pleaded guilty to health care fraud, on December 22.Īlfred Lee Crum: On December 22, Trump pardoned Crum, who pleaded guilty in 1952 to illegally distilling moonshine. Two Border Patrol agents: Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, two former border patrol agents, were also pardoned by Trump on December 22. They had been convicted by a federal jury in 2014 for their involvement in a deadly shooting of Iraqi civilians. AP Photoįour Blackwater guards: Four Blackwater guards - Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, and Dustin Heard - were pardoned by Trump on December 22. Here’s a look at some of the high-profile people to whom Trump granted clemency during his time in the White House:īlackwater guards, from left, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nicholas Slatten and Paul Slough. ![]() Trump has often bypassed the DOJ’s Office of Pardon Attorney in deciding who gets granted clemency, instead choosing to act on the appeals from celebrities, conservative media or his Republican allies. Trump associates including Rudy Giuliani, who has been leading the President’s long-shot legal battles to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and disenfranchise millions of voters in his role as Trump’s personal attorney, are making appeals to him in the hopes of obtaining pardons before he leaves office, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday.Īnd since the election, Trump has been discussing with advisers preemptively pardoning several people close to him, including his children, son-in-law and Giuliani, a separate source familiar confirmed to CNN. The President announced a wave of pardons in the days before Christmas, kicking off what is expected to be a flurry of pardons and commutations in the coming weeks as he concludes his term. While Trump has continued to falsely insist publicly that he won the presidential election rather than Biden, the President’s pardon of former national security adviser Michael Flynn was a sign Trump understands his time in office is coming to a close. ![]() The end of President Donald Trump’s time in office has been marked by a renewed interest in granting clemency – both from the President, and from members of his inner circle looking for protection before President-elect Joe Biden assumes office.
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