The Out-going US President Donald Trump, on Tuesday 19th January 2021 in a farewell address said that, America should “pray” for the success of the incoming Biden administration, as Biden-Harris takes over the white house as the 46th president-elect of the United State of America.
President Trump said, “This week, we inaugurate a new administration and pray for its success in keeping America safe and prosperous”.
Despite the efforts put up by Donald Trump for the past two months trying to overturn his loss to Biden in the November election, in few hours Biden-Harris will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United State America.
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In his final hours in office, President Donald Trump has pardoned 73 people including his former senior adviser Steve Bannon and a further 70 people had their sentences commuted.
Bannon faces trial in May following his arrest in August last year on a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast, accused of siphoning money from We Build the Wall, an online fundraiser for Trump’s contentious border wall with Mexico.
Federal prosecutors allege Bannon used a non-profit he controlled to divert “over $1m from the … online campaign, at least some of which he used to cover hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal expenses”.
The list which comprises of rappers, financiers and former members of Congress includes Elliott Broidy, a leading former fundraiser for Trump who has admitted illegally lobbying the US government to drop its inquiry into the Malaysia 1MDB corruption scandal and to deport an exiled Chinese billionaire.
Ken Kurson also on the list is a friend of Jared Kushner who was charged in October last year with cyberstalking during a heated divorce.
Rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black – who were prosecuted on federal weapons offences – and former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is serving a 28-year prison term on corruption charges, were also pardoned.
By: Authentic Mike
