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Trump Issues Pardons on Last Day in Office

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   Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump issued pardons to 73 people and
   commuted the sentences of 70 others, the White House announced early
   Wednesday, hours beforethe end ofhis term.

   The pardons included one for Trump's former campaign manager and senior
   adviser Steve Bannon, who was charged with defrauding thousands of
   investors who believed they were giving money to a project to build a
   wall along the southern U.S. border. Prosecutors alleged Bannon instead
   used more than a million dollars to pay a campaign official and
   personal expenses for himself.

   Also receiving a pardon was ElliotBroidy,a former topTrumpfundraiserwho
   pleaded guilty last year to violating foreign lobbying laws.

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