Trump expected to pardon former adviser Bannon

20 January 2021 - 06:49 By Reuters
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Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. File photo
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. File photo
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US President Donald Trump is expected to grant clemency to former White House aide Steve Bannon as part of a wave of pardons and commutations he will issue during his final hours in office, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

Bannon 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.  

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