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Trump pardons Steve Bannon, reversing course hours before presidency ends: reports
Donald Trump has pardoned his former strategist and far-right figurehead Steve Bannon, according to multiple reports.Trump’s decision to grant clemency to Bannon, reported earlier Tuesday night by CNN, Bloomberg and Reuters, came after earlier reports that he had been talked out of it by his aides. Yet even those reports admitted the question was still open throughout the day, with Trump continuing to bring up the possibility.Reports of Trump’s decision warned it wasn’t final until Trump signed the paperwork, which the New York Times, the Washington Post and Reuters confirmed happened just before midnight Tuesday.