唐纳德·特朗普总统的决赛仁慈尽管名单没有最初预期的那么长,但随着他任期的结束,可能会包括一些会引起另一波争议的名字。
据熟悉白宫运作的消息人士透露,他的赦免名单预计将涵盖广泛的个人,包括纽约州议会前议长谢尔登·西尔弗(Sheldon Silver)和说唱明星李尔·韦恩,但他没有具体说明谁将获得赦免,这将抹去一个人的定罪和判刑,或者减刑,这将解除一个人的刑期,但不会定罪。
消息人士补充说,特朗普的最终名单尚未完全完成,预计将包括100多人,最早可能在周二公布。
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2021年1月12日,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在德克萨斯州阿拉莫的一段边界墙后发表讲话。...
王牌知情人士周一告诉美国广播公司新闻,尽管白宫助手们进行了数周的内部斗争,但他不太可能先发制人地赦免他的孩子和其他亲密伙伴。消息人士表示,他们预计特朗普不会为自己发布赦免令,尽管消息人士指出,谈话一直很不稳定,而且众所周知,总统会改变主意。
由于担心可能的刑事调查,总统受到盟友的鼓励,向他的孩子和他自己发出赦免令,特别是在特朗普就2020年选举结果致电佐治亚州官员,以及上周在国家广场举行集会,在特朗普和他的家人向人群发表讲话后,在国会山煽动暴乱之后。
德韦恩·米迦勒·卡特,专业称为李尔·韦恩,于2020年12月承认在2019年12月乘坐私人飞机前往南佛罗里达时非法持有一把装有子弹的. 45口径镀金手枪。韦恩于2020年10月在佛罗里达州与特朗普会面,并在推特上发布了会面照片。卡特的律师拒绝置评。
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2019年9月10日,李尔·韦恩在密歇根州克拉克斯顿的戴特能源音乐剧院表演
西尔弗曾是纽约州议会的长期发言人,权力很大,曾两次被判腐败罪,去年夏天被判入狱。西尔弗的律师没有回应美国广播公司新闻。
白宫发言人拒绝置评。
王牌上个月发布了一系列赦免和减刑令给一系列与他的政府有关的有争议的人物。其中有乔治·帕帕佐普洛斯,他是被特别顾问罗伯特·穆勒起诉的前竞选助手;邓肯·亨特和克里斯·柯林斯都是前共和党国会议员,被判犯有金融罪,四名前黑水国际的军事承包商对2007年14名伊拉克人被枪杀负有责任。
11月,总统还赦免了他的前国家安全顾问迈克尔·弗林,他承认在穆勒调查俄罗斯干预2016年选举期间向联邦调查局作出虚假陈述。
Trump clemency list expected to include Lil Wayne and a once powerful New York politician
President Donald Trump's finalclemencylist, though not as long as originally expected, could include some names that will cause another wave of controversy as his time in office comes to an end.
His clemency list is expected to have a wide range of individuals, including the former speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver and rap star Lil Wayne, according to sources familiar with the White House operation but would not specify who would be receiving a pardon, which would erase both a person's conviction and sentence, or commutation, which would lift an individual's sentence but not a conviction.
Trump's final list, which is not fully completed, is expected to include upwards of 100 individuals and could be announced as soon as Tuesday, the sources added.
Trumpis unlikely to issue pre-emptive pardons to his children and other close associates, despite weeks of internal battles amongst White House aides, sources with knowledge of those conversations told ABC News Monday. The sources said they do not expect Trump to issue a pardon for himself, although the sources noted the conversations have been fluid and the president has been known to change his mind.
The president has been encouraged by allies to issue pardons to his children and himself over fears of possible criminal investigations, specifically after Trump's call with Georgia state officials regarding the 2020 election results and the rally held on the National Mall last week that incited a riot on Capitol Hill after Trump and members of his family spoke to the crowd.
Dwayne Michael Carter, known professionally as Lil Wayne, pleaded guilty in December 2020 to illegally possessing a loaded, gold-plated .45-caliber handgun while traveling to South Florida on a private plane in December 2019. Wayne met Trump in Florida in October 2020 and tweeted a photo of the meeting. An attorney for Carter declined to comment.
Silver, the once-powerful longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly who was convicted twice on corruption charges, was sentenced to jail last summer. An attorney for Silver did not respond to ABC News.
A White House spokesperson declined to comment.
Trumpissued a flurry of pardons and commutations last month to a slew of controversial figures with ties to his administration. Among those were George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller; Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, both former Republican congressmen convicted of financial crimes and four former Blackwater Worldwide military contractors responsible for the shooting deaths of 14 Iraqis in 2007.
In November, the president also pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI during Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.