https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/19/trump-tells-people-hes-decided-to-pardon-steve-bannon-as-one-of-his-final-acts-in-office/ > By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN | Associated Press > WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of his White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other allies of him and his family.