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Among the 143 last minute pardons issued by outgoing President Donald Trump is one for Anthony Levandowski. Levandowski’s pardon raises important questions regarding the ownership and protection of intellectual property, the creation of economic value, and the confidence in the industry behind the pursuit of autonomous vehicle technology. Levandowski’s tale is one of circumventing one’s …

When I scanned the names of the people who received clemency grants from President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning, one stood out as if it were written in bright red type. Not Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist. Not Lil Wayne, the famous rapper. This person has no connection to Trump and has never recorded …

Roger StoneRoger Jason StoneGOP senator on Trump pardons: ‘It is legal, it is constitutional, but I think it’s a misuse of the power’ Nothing becomes Donald Trump’s presidency like his leaving it Trump’s final weeks create chaos for Congress MORE thanked President TrumpDonald TrumpNew York Post editorial board calls on President Trump to ‘start thinking’ …

Seventeen Iraqi civilians, including 9- and 11-year-old boys, were killed when private contractors from the US security firm Blackwater opened fired in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in 2007. Fourteen of those killings were unjustified under the rules of the use of deadly force by security contractors, according to an FBI investigation. In 2014, a US federal …

The Justice Department has been investigating whether intermediaries for a federal convict offered White House officials a bribe in exchange for a potential pardon or commutation from President Trump, according to court documents unsealed by a federal judge on Tuesday. The documents were heavily redacted, and it was unclear who may have been involved. Nothing …

The case is the latest legal twist in the waning days of President Donald Trump’s administration after several of his top advisers have been convicted of federal criminal charges and as the possibility rises of Trump giving pardons to those who’ve been loyal to him. The disclosure is in 20 pages of partially redacted documents …

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz said President Donald Trump should pardon himself and others in his administration before leaving office to prevent the “radical left” from prosecuting them. The Panhandle Republican and close Trump ally said Tuesday on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” that the president should protect his staff from what he …

Between now and then, we can expect to see the last-minute pardon-fest undertaken by most presidents — which any betting person would wager Trump is going to undertake in a very big way. Trump has already commuted the sentence of his informal adviser Roger Stone. But his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, is still in …