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    Donald Trump pardons Steve Bannon amid last acts of presidency

    Jan 20, 2021 4 minutes

    Donald Trump has pardoned former senior adviser Steve Bannon, among scores of others including rappers, financiers and former members of Congress in the final hours of his presidency.

    Among the 74 people pardoned was Elliott Broidy, a leading former fundraiser for Trump who has admitted illegally lobbying the US government to drop its inquiry into the Malaysia 1MDB corruption scandal and to deport an exiled Chinese billionaire. Also on the list was Ken Kurson, a friend of Jared Kushner who was charged in October last year with cyberstalking during a heated divorce.

    In the very last minutes of Trump’s presidency, most likely his final presidential act, a pardon was granted to Albert Pirro, a real estate lawyer who

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