With the Trump presidency now behind us and the recent terrorist attack on the Capitol Building, January 6, 2020, there has been much anticipation over who Trump would pardon at the end of his run.
Those who were involved in the attack on the Capitol, under Trump’s own insistence , believed that they would be pardoned due to their loyalty to the Trump administration. Jacob Chansley (pictured below), one of the more prominent rioters is now begging from prison for Trump to come to his aid, saying he was “duped” by Trump. It is not only the rioters who believed they would be protected by Trump’s pardons. There were many rumors indicating that Trump would pardon Netflix sensation Joe Exotic. In fact, Exotic’s legal team was seriously expecting a pardon from the Trump administration.
However, despite these expectations, none of the Capitol rioter nor Joe Exotic were pardoned from Donald Trump on January 20, 2020. Here are some of the major names out of the 73 individuals that were actually pardoned by Trump at the end of his presidency.
- Steve Bannon: Trump’s former Chief Strategist charged with defrauding contributors for the border wall
- Robert Hayes: Former chairman of North Carolina Republican party charged with bribery and conspiracy to commit fraud
- Lil Wayne: Rapper/Musician charged with illegally carrying an illegal weapon and ammunition, as well as one other prior gun conviction
- Charles Kushner: Ivanka Trump’s father in law, charged with 16 counts of tax evasion
- Joe Arpaio: previous 5 time sheriff of Arizona, charged with defying court orders to stop detaining individuals due to racial profiling
- Susan B. Anthony: women’s suffragette charged with voting illegally
- Kodack Black: Rapper charged with falsification of documents attempting to purchase a gun
For a full list of the individuals pardoned by Trump please visit the Department of Justice website . For any legal questions please visit our site and reach out to us.
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