Trump issues pardons related to Israeli spying, Iran sanctions on last day in office

The now former president pardoned the Israeli handler of American spy Jonathan Pollard as well as an Iranian-American man who was charged with violating Iran sanctions, among dozens of others.
The White House on US President Donald Trump's last full day in office, in Washington, DC, on January 19, 2021. - President Donald Trump began his final full day in the White House on January 19, 2021 with a long list of possible pardons to dish out before snubbing his successor Joe Biden's inauguration and leaving for Florida. On January 20, 2021 at noon, Biden will be sworn in and the Trump presidency will end, turning the page on some of the most disruptive, divisive years the United States has seen sinc
The sky brightens over the White House on US President Donald Trump's last full day in office, in Washington, DC, on Jan. 19, 2021. - MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images
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Former President Donald Trump pardoned several people in relation to Iran sanctions and Israeli espionage charges on his final day in office.

Early Wednesday morning, Trump pardoned 73 people and commuted the sentences of another 70. The list included people in a range of fields, including former White House adviser Steve Bannon and Dwayne Carter Jr., better known as the hip hop artist Lil Wayne.

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