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Donald Trump issued pardons on Tuesday night, he granted clemency to 143 people, using the final hours of his presidency, including former top White House aide Steve Bannon, according to a list made public by the White House early this morning. Bannon, Trump’s former White House chief strategist was indicted in August along with three others on wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges.

Trump has declared that he will not attend Biden’s inauguration, making him the first president to skip his successor’s inauguration since Andrew Johnson in 1869. President Biden called that decision one of the few things he and I have ever agreed on.