Trump has reportedly decided to pardon former campaign manager Steve Bannon

steve bannon banned twitter — In November of 2020, Bannon was permanently suspended from Twitter after suggesting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should both be beheaded.
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Sources told CNN that Steve Bannon will be a last minute addition to the list of people President Trump plans to pardon before the end of his term.
Bannon was an early supporter of Trump and served as his chief strategist for eight months in 2017.
In 2020, Bannon was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering in connection to his We Build the Wall charity.
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Steve Bannon has made the list of the final group of pardons President Donald Trump is set to announce, according to CNN. Trump has not yet officially signed the pardon, but sources told CNN the president added Bannon "last-minute."

Bannon served as Trump's chief executive officer during his 2016 campaign, and is widely considered one of the chief architects of Trump's early presidency. After the election, Bannon was named Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President, a role he held for eight months. He left to return to Breitbart, the conservative news website he co-founded in 2016.

Following his stint with the president, he continued to grow his role in right-wing circles, launching a "political academy" in Italy. He also threw his support behind the We Build the Wall campaign, an initiative he devised along with Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea to use private donations to fund the border wall between Mexico and the United States.

The campaign raised more than $25 million for the project. But all four were later arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors allege they used the campaign's funds for personal use and attempted to defraud supporters by creating doctored invoices.

Bannon was arrested in Westbrook, Connecticut on a luxury yacht owned by Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui. He pleaded not guilty.

In November of 2020, Bannon was permanently suspended from Twitter after suggesting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should both be beheaded.

In recent days, Bannon reportedly returned to Trump's good graces. Trump sought Bannon's aid and suggestions in how he could potentially overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to Bloomberg.

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