President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon in a barrage of mercy actions in the final hours of his term at the White House that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, former congressmen and other allies of himself and his family on Die am Last-minute grace announced Wednesday morning follows separate waves of pardons last month for Trump employees convicted in the FBI’s Russia investigation and his son-in-law’s father. Taken together, the measures underscore the President’s willingness during his four-year tenure in the White House to shape his constitutional powers in a way that contradicts the Convention and specifically helps his friends and supporters. While pardons are traditionally viewed as defendants who have been tried, often by spending at least some time in jail, Bannon’s pardon suspends a prosecution that was still in its early stages and likely months prior to trial in Manhattan stood, effectively eliminating any prospect of punishment. Although other presidents have issued controversial pardons at the end of their term in office, perhaps no commander-in-chief has enjoyed using the mercy office to help not only friends and acquaintances, but also prominent defendants and those advocated by allies. Alongside Bannon were Elliott Broidy, a Republican fundraiser who pleaded guilty last fall of lobbying the White House to close an investigation into the loot of a Malaysian wealth fund, and Ken Kurson, a friend of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was in the Charged with cyberstalking during a heated divorce last October: “Steve Bannon is pardoned by Trump after betraying Trump’s own supporters into paying for a wall that Trump promised Mexico would pay for,” Democratic Rep Said Adam Schiff on Twitter. “And if it all sounds crazy, it’s because it is. Thank god we only have 12 hours from this den of thieves. “Bannon was accused of defrauding thousands of investors who believed their money would be used to fulfill Trump’s main promises to build a wall along the southern border. Instead, he allegedly diverted over a million dollars and paid a campaign official salary and personal expenses for himself. Shannon didn’t answer questions on Tuesday. The White House later said Trump pardoned Al Pirro, the ex-husband of the Fox News Channel host, and Trump’s ally Jeanine Pirro. The pardon for Al Pirro is in addition to the 143 pardons and sentence conversions that Trump announced on Wednesday. Pirro’s pardon was announced shortly after Trump landed in Florida after leaving the White House and before Joe Biden was installed as the nation’s 46th President. Jeanine Pirro moderates Fox News Channels “Justice with Judge Jeanine”. Al Pirro was convicted of conspiracy and tax evasion and sentenced to more than two years in prison in 2000. Trump previously pardoned a number of longtime associates and supporters, including his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort; Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law; his longtime friend and advisor Roger Stone; and his former national security advisor, Michael Flynn. A voice of nationalist underdog conservatism, Bannon, who served in the Navy and worked at Goldman Sachs and as a Hollywood producer before turning to politics, headed the conservative Breitbart News before becoming chief executive officer of the 2016 Trump campaign the critical last few months. He later served as the president’s chief strategist in the tumultuous early days of Trump’s administration and spearheaded many of its most controversial policies, including bans on travel to several Muslim-majority countries. But Bannon, who clashed with other top consultants, was kicked out after less than a year. And his breakup with Trump deepened after he was quoted in a 2018 book in which he made critical remarks about some of Trump’s adult children. Bannon apologized and soon resigned as chairman of Breitbart. He and Trump recently made up. In August he was pulled by a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and brought before a Manhattan judge, where he pleaded not guilty. When he came out of the courthouse, Bannon tore off his mask, smiled, and waved to the news cameras. As he walked to a waiting vehicle, he shouted: “This whole fiasco is supposed to stop people who want to build the wall.” The organizers of the group “We Build The Wall” were eager to help the president build a “big beautiful” barrier along the border between the US and Mexico, as he had promised during the 2016 campaign. They raised more than $ 25 million from thousands of donors and pledged that 100% of the money would be used for the project. However, according to the criminal charges, much of the money never made it to the wall. Instead, it was used to line the pockets of group members, including Bannon.
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President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon in a barrage of mercy acts in the final hours of his term at the White House that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, former congressmen and other allies of himself and his family.
The grace announced at the last minute follows several waves of pardons on Wednesday morning for Trump employees convicted in the FBI’s Russia investigation, as well as for his son-in-law’s father. Taken together, the measures underscore the President’s willingness during his four-year tenure in the White House to shape his constitutional powers in a way that contradicts the Convention and specifically helps his friends and supporters.
While pardons are traditionally viewed as defendants who have been tried, often by spending at least some time in jail, Bannon’s pardon suspends a prosecution that was still in its early stages and likely months prior to trial in Manhattan stood, effectively eliminating any prospect of punishment.
Although other presidents have issued controversial pardons at the end of their term in office, perhaps no commander-in-chief has enjoyed using the mercy office to help not only friends and acquaintances, but also prominent defendants and those advocated by allies.
Alongside Bannon were Elliott Broidy, a Republican fundraiser who pleaded guilty last fall of lobbying the White House to close an investigation into the loot of a Malaysian wealth fund, and Ken Kurson, a friend of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was in the was charged with cyberstalking during a heated divorce last October.
“Steve Bannon is being pardoned by Trump after he cheated on Trump’s own supporters into paying for a wall that Trump promised Mexico would pay for,” Democratic MP Adam Schiff said on Twitter. “And if it all sounds crazy, it’s because it is. Thank god we only have 12 hours from this den of thieves. “
Bannon was accused of defrauding thousands of investors who believed their money would be used to fulfill Trump’s main promises to build a wall along the southern border. Instead, he allegedly diverted over a million dollars and paid a campaign official salary and personal expenses for himself.
Bannon didn’t answer questions on Tuesday.
The White House later said Trump pardoned Al Pirro, ex-husband of Fox News Channel host and Trump ally Jeanine Pirro.
The pardon for Al Pirro is in addition to the 143 pardons and sentence conversions that Trump announced on Wednesday. Pirro’s pardon was announced shortly after Trump landed in Florida after leaving the White House and before Joe Biden was installed as the nation’s 46th President.
Jeanine Pirro moderates Fox Justice Channel’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine”.
Al Pirro was convicted of conspiracy and tax evasion and sentenced to more than two years in prison in 2000.
Trump previously pardoned a number of longtime associates and supporters, including his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort; Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law; his longtime friend and advisor Roger Stone; and his former national security advisor, Michael Flynn.
A voice of nationalist, outside conservatism, Bannon, who served in the Navy and worked at Goldman Sachs and as a Hollywood producer before turning to politics, headed the conservative Breitbart News before becoming chief executive officer for Trump’s 2016 campaign Their campaign won critical final months.
He later served as the president’s chief strategist in the tumultuous early days of Trump’s administration and spearheaded many of its most controversial measures, including bans on travel to several Muslim-majority countries.
But Bannon, who clashed with other top consultants, was evicted in less than a year. And his breakup with Trump deepened after he was quoted in a 2018 book in which he made critical remarks about some of Trump’s adult children. Bannon apologized and soon resigned as chairman of Breitbart. He and Trump recently made up.
In August he was pulled by a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and brought before a Manhattan judge, where he pleaded not guilty. When he came out of the courthouse, Bannon tore off his mask, smiled, and waved to the news cameras. As he walked to a waiting vehicle, he shouted: “This whole fiasco is supposed to stop people who want to build the wall.”
The organizers of the group “We Build The Wall” were eager to help the president build a “big beautiful” barrier along the border between the US and Mexico, as he had promised during the 2016 campaign. They raised more than $ 25 million from thousands of donors and pledged that 100% of the money would be used for the project.
But according to the criminal complaints, most of the money never made it to the wall. Instead, it was used to line the pockets of group members, including Bannon.