Donald Trump has pardoned his former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting nearly 150 people. The outgoing president issued a raft of 11th-hour pardons and commutations in the final hours of his White House term. Several controversial names appear on the list, including Mr Bannon. Mr Bannon has been charged with duping thousands of investors who believed their money would be used to fulfill Mr Trump’s chief campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border. Instead, he allegedly diverted over a million dollars, paying a salary to one campaign official and personal expenses for himself. Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/us-politics/donald-trump-pardons-steve-bannon-lil-wayne-b900395.html Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RQon_YwCnp_LbPtEwW65w