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Here are the 143 people Donald Trump pardoned the night before he leaves office
Hours before Joe Biden’s inauguration as US President was due to begin, Donald Trump changed the lives of 143 people, through presidential pardons or commuting of sentences.
The list included some big names, from former White House aid Steve Bannon to rapper Lil Wayne.
But there were also some notable exclusions — a senior White House official said Mr Trump was not expected to pardon himself, members of his family nor lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
After much speculation, ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange were also among those who did not get a mention.
Just 24 women featured, including MaryAnne Locke, who started a 20-year sentence for a non-violent drug offence just six weeks after giving birth via C-section.
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