US outgoing President, Donald Trump, has pardoned rapper Lil Wayne and commuted Rapper Kodak Black on the day of President-elect, Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to a gun possession charge in Miami. Rapper Kodak Black received a commutation after he pleaded guilty to a weapons charge.
Mr Trump pardoned and commuted several persons on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.
Mr Biden is set to be sworn-in today, Wednesday, January 20, 2021, as the 46th President of the United States.
And Mr Trump’s 11th-hour pardons benefitted his onetime political strategist, a former top fundraiser, Steve Bannon, who has been accused of fraud.
There were 73 pardons and 70 commutations issued.
Those who received pardons and commutations are believed to be Mr Trump’s allies. Some of them, reports say, have been accused of corruption or lying.
A report by CNN revealed that majority of the pardons and commutations on Trump’s list were doled out to individuals whose cases have been championed by criminal justice reform advocates, including people serving lengthy sentences for low-level offenses.
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